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Lakenheath road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 222 road traffic collisions in Lakenheath, West Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 294 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 39 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
222
1,841st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
294
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
39
44 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lakenheath

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious3918%
  • Slight18282%

What the data shows

  • Lakenheath had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Lakenheath were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 34 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lakenheath, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Lakenheath.

Where Lakenheath ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,841st
Most casualties
1,841st
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,999th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday34 (15%)
  • Tuesday28 (13%)
  • Wednesday33 (15%)
  • Thursday34 (15%)
  • Friday39 (18%)
  • Saturday34 (15%)
  • Sunday20 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight140 (63%)
  • Dark, street lights lit72 (32%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (3.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway221 (100%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph208 (94%)
  • 40 mph7 (3.2%)
  • 60 mph7 (3.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds159 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (14%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other20 (9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant184 (63%)
  • Motorcyclist36 (12%)
  • Pedestrian36 (12%)
  • Cyclist24 (8.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lakenheath road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lakenheath, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Lakenheath peaked at 11 in 1984; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202536
202444
202311
202224
202137
202022
201948
201834
201736
201645
201536
201457
201344
201267
201146
201045
200934
200822
200736
200635
200535
200434
200344
2002912
200188
200078
199935
199835
199723
1996712
199534
199466
199355
199268
199167
199079
1989911
198869
1987813
1986911
1985911
19841112
198388
198277
198144
198034

Map of recent crashes in Lakenheath

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lakenheath

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lakenheath

The 24 most recent collisions in Lakenheath happened between 28 June 2017 and 1 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lakenheath

Of the 222 collisions in Lakenheath, 162 were on the B1112.

Collisions in Lakenheath on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1112162214123

Council area for Lakenheath

Lakenheath is in West Suffolk, where police recorded 24,682 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lakenheath accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Lakenheath

All 222 collisions in Lakenheath were in the IP27 postcode district.