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Melton (East Suffolk) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 137 road traffic collisions in Melton, East Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 186 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 27 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
137
2,405th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
186
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
27
30 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Melton

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2720%
  • Slight11080%

What the data shows

  • Melton had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 33 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Melton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in Melton, 9.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Melton.

Where Melton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,405th
Most casualties
2,363rd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (20%)
  • Tuesday21 (15%)
  • Wednesday18 (13%)
  • Thursday18 (13%)
  • Friday23 (17%)
  • Saturday17 (12%)
  • Sunday13 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight105 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit29 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway136 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph105 (77%)
  • 40 mph28 (20%)
  • 60 mph4 (2.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds99 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other13 (9.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant112 (60%)
  • Motorcyclist34 (18%)
  • Cyclist18 (9.7%)
  • Pedestrian17 (9.1%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Melton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Melton, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Melton peaked at 7 in 1996; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202400
202311
202224
202112
202011
201911
201823
201723
201633
201522
201468
201323
201233
201123
201025
200923
200834
200768
200656
200512
2004610
200333
200212
200123
200024
199945
199866
199714
1996712
199544
199434
199312
199256
199134
199046
198945
198844
198745
198600
198535
198478
198345
198279
198111
198022

Map of recent crashes in Melton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Melton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Melton

The 24 most recent collisions in Melton happened between 4 November 2013 and 5 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Melton

The A1152 has the most collisions in Melton, 69 of 137 (50%), followed by the B1438 (51).

Collisions in Melton on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA11526910409
2ndB14385163014

Council area for Melton

Melton is in East Suffolk, where police recorded 31,552 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Melton accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Melton

All 137 collisions in Melton were in the IP12 postcode district.