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Ormesby St Margaret road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 111 road traffic collisions in Ormesby St Margaret, Great Yarmouth, from 1983 to 2025, and 154 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 28 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1983
111
2,684th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
154
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
28
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ormesby St Margaret

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal10.9%
  • Serious2825%
  • Slight8274%

What the data shows

  • 26% of collisions in Ormesby St Margaret were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ormesby St Margaret, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Ormesby St Margaret.

Where Ormesby St Margaret ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,684th
Most casualties
2,635th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (13%)
  • Tuesday11 (9.9%)
  • Wednesday14 (13%)
  • Thursday17 (15%)
  • Friday14 (13%)
  • Saturday22 (20%)
  • Sunday19 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight82 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (7.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway110 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph95 (86%)
  • 40 mph3 (2.7%)
  • 60 mph9 (8.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds89 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other7 (6.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant97 (63%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (13%)
  • Pedestrian18 (12%)
  • Cyclist16 (10%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ormesby St Margaret road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ormesby St Margaret, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in Ormesby St Margaret peaked at 12 in 1985; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202411
202300
202222
202100
202022
201911
201812
201711
201611
201500
201400
201300
201200
201100
201022
200922
200811
200700
200645
200533
200446
200311
200246
200100
200033
199922
199824
199711
199633
1995812
199433
199359
1992511
199146
199022
198977
198839
198744
1986710
19851215
1984512
198322

Map of recent crashes in Ormesby St Margaret

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ormesby St Margaret

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ormesby St Margaret

The 24 most recent collisions in Ormesby St Margaret happened between 1 May 2005 and 30 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ormesby St Margaret

Of the 111 collisions in Ormesby St Margaret, 46 were on the A149.

Collisions in Ormesby St Margaret on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1494678115

Council area for Ormesby St Margaret

Ormesby St Margaret is in Great Yarmouth, where police recorded 13,131 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ormesby St Margaret accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Ormesby St Margaret

All 111 collisions in Ormesby St Margaret were in the NR29 postcode district.