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Needham Market road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 264 road traffic collisions in Needham Market, Mid Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 318 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 46 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
264
1,678th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
318
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
46
49 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Needham Market

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious4617%
  • Slight21782%

What the data shows

  • Needham Market had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 12% fewer than the 51 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Needham Market were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 34 children under 16 were killed or injured in Needham Market, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Needham Market.

Where Needham Market ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,678th
Most casualties
1,741st
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,829th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (15%)
  • Tuesday45 (17%)
  • Wednesday42 (16%)
  • Thursday42 (16%)
  • Friday45 (17%)
  • Saturday25 (9.5%)
  • Sunday25 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight185 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit50 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (7.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway262 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph227 (86%)
  • 60 mph36 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds213 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (9.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other14 (5.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant151 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist73 (23%)
  • Pedestrian45 (14%)
  • Cyclist34 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Needham Market road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Needham Market, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Needham Market peaked at 12 in 1987; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025811
202466
202323
202233
202122
202066
201957
2018714
201758
201611
201533
201466
201389
201258
201123
201079
2009712
200877
200723
200644
200556
2004710
200355
200233
200189
200078
199944
199866
19971013
199645
199534
199458
199355
199299
199157
199077
198988
198867
19871214
198667
1985810
198477
1983910
198266
1981911
198044

Map of recent crashes in Needham Market

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Needham Market

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Needham Market

The 24 most recent collisions in Needham Market happened between 6 June 2020 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Needham Market

The B1113 has the most collisions in Needham Market, 141 of 264 (53%), followed by the B1078 (58).

Collisions in Needham Market on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1113141176127
2ndB1078587006

Council area for Needham Market

Needham Market is in Mid Suffolk, where police recorded 11,634 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Needham Market accounts for 2.3% of them.

Postcode district for Needham Market

All 264 collisions in Needham Market were in the IP6 postcode district.