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Kessingland road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 186 road traffic collisions in Kessingland, East Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 231 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 43 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
186
2,025th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
231
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
43
49 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kessingland

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious4323%
  • Slight14377%

What the data shows

  • Kessingland had 25 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Kessingland were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 39 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kessingland, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Kessingland.

Where Kessingland ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,025th
Most casualties
2,100th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
1,903rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (13%)
  • Tuesday27 (15%)
  • Wednesday25 (13%)
  • Thursday25 (13%)
  • Friday29 (16%)
  • Saturday23 (12%)
  • Sunday32 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight125 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit51 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway181 (97%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.6%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph170 (91%)
  • 40 mph6 (3.2%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph5 (2.7%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds153 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (8.6%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other8 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant100 (43%)
  • Motorcyclist52 (23%)
  • Pedestrian48 (21%)
  • Cyclist26 (11%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kessingland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kessingland, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Kessingland peaked at 17 in 1987; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202344
202211
202123
202011
201934
201846
201734
201644
201523
201433
201322
201247
201123
201055
200935
200822
200733
200668
200567
200467
200312
200222
200144
2000610
199966
199833
199756
199611
199544
199445
199333
199233
199157
199044
198957
198844
19871729
1986710
198555
1984911
198311
198255
198155
198089

Map of recent crashes in Kessingland

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kessingland

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kessingland

The 24 most recent collisions in Kessingland happened between 3 May 2016 and 16 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kessingland

The B1437 has the most collisions in Kessingland, 83 of 186 (45%), followed by the A12 (39).

Collisions in Kessingland on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB14378399021
2ndA12395409

Council area for Kessingland

Kessingland is in East Suffolk, where police recorded 31,552 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kessingland accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Kessingland

All 186 collisions in Kessingland were in the NR33 postcode district.