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Leiston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 380 road traffic collisions in Leiston, East Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 443 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 74 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
380
1,351st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
443
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
74
82 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Leiston

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious7419%
  • Slight30681%

What the data shows

  • Leiston had 34 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 69 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Leiston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 83 children under 16 were killed or injured in Leiston, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Leiston.

Where Leiston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,351st
Most casualties
1,435th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
1,376th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (14%)
  • Tuesday45 (12%)
  • Wednesday62 (16%)
  • Thursday60 (16%)
  • Friday61 (16%)
  • Saturday54 (14%)
  • Sunday43 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight295 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit70 (18%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway372 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph351 (92%)
  • 40 mph10 (2.6%)
  • 60 mph11 (2.9%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds299 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other23 (6.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant139 (31%)
  • Pedestrian101 (23%)
  • Cyclist96 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist95 (21%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Leiston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Leiston, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Leiston peaked at 18 in 1984; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202466
202334
202246
202122
202033
201936
201822
201755
201634
2015811
201456
201379
201266
20111213
201088
200977
200844
200744
2006813
200578
200479
200388
200266
200177
200067
19991113
19981011
199755
19961113
19951315
19941417
19931313
1992911
19911618
19901111
198999
19881416
19871418
19861518
198578
19841821
19831216
19821012
19811217
19801213

Map of recent crashes in Leiston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Leiston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Leiston

The 24 most recent collisions in Leiston happened between 9 January 2019 and 7 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Leiston

The B1122 has the most collisions in Leiston, 145 of 380 (38%), followed by the B1069 (47).

Collisions in Leiston on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1122145175031
2ndB10694756010
3rdB1119323905

Council area for Leiston

Leiston is in East Suffolk, where police recorded 31,552 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Leiston accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Leiston

All 380 collisions in Leiston were in the IP16 postcode district.