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Long Melford road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 266 road traffic collisions in Long Melford, Babergh, from 1980 to 2025, and 334 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 73 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
266
1,673rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
334
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
73
78 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Long Melford

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal62.3%
  • Serious7327%
  • Slight18770%

What the data shows

  • Long Melford had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 9% fewer than the 43 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Long Melford were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 45 children under 16 were killed or injured in Long Melford, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in Long Melford.

Where Long Melford ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,673rd
Most casualties
1,701st
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,392nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (9%)
  • Tuesday35 (13%)
  • Wednesday29 (11%)
  • Thursday39 (15%)
  • Friday60 (23%)
  • Saturday42 (16%)
  • Sunday37 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight212 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit42 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway264 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph194 (73%)
  • 40 mph51 (19%)
  • 60 mph21 (7.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds212 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds24 (9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other15 (5.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant181 (54%)
  • Pedestrian58 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist49 (15%)
  • Cyclist33 (9.9%)
  • Van occupant10 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Long Melford road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Long Melford, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Long Melford peaked at 15 in 1988; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202548
202411
202312
202223
202111
202033
201967
201847
20171015
2016711
201527
2014610
201366
2012710
201122
201033
200924
200845
200788
200634
200577
200456
2003913
200255
200145
200022
199933
199844
199733
199677
199533
19941013
199355
199258
199167
199068
198999
19881518
198788
198688
19851012
19841318
19831115
19821011
198156
19801113

Map of recent crashes in Long Melford

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Long Melford

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Long Melford

The 24 most recent collisions in Long Melford happened between 13 August 2017 and 17 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Long Melford

The B1064 has the most collisions in Long Melford, 113 of 266 (42%), followed by the A134 (89).

Collisions in Long Melford on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1064113151418
2ndA13489105136
3rdA1092253115

Council area for Long Melford

Long Melford is in Babergh, where police recorded 12,491 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Long Melford accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode district for Long Melford

All 266 collisions in Long Melford were in the CO10 postcode district.