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Rackheath road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 202 road traffic collisions in Rackheath, Broadland, from 1983 to 2025, and 300 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 44 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1983
202
1,940th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
300
1.49 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
44
59 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rackheath

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal21%
  • Serious4422%
  • Slight15677%

What the data shows

  • Rackheath had 36 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 46 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Rackheath were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Rackheath are between 6am and 9am, with 21% of collisions.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rackheath, 5.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Rackheath ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,940th
Most casualties
1,809th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,873rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (15%)
  • Tuesday35 (17%)
  • Wednesday31 (15%)
  • Thursday31 (15%)
  • Friday32 (16%)
  • Saturday23 (11%)
  • Sunday19 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight159 (79%)
  • Dark, no street lighting28 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit9 (4.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway175 (87%)
  • Roundabout24 (12%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1%)
  • 30 mph61 (30%)
  • 40 mph40 (20%)
  • 50 mph8 (4%)
  • 60 mph91 (45%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds166 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1%)
  • Other3 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant213 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (12%)
  • Cyclist23 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant10 (3.3%)
  • Pedestrian8 (2.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rackheath road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rackheath, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in Rackheath peaked at 8 in 1988; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025710
202423
202355
202200
202145
202046
201934
201834
201735
201657
201544
201456
201344
201255
201122
2010610
200958
2008711
200736
200657
200534
2004710
200348
2002510
2001712
200023
199955
1998710
1997711
199656
199577
199449
199357
199268
199145
1990713
198945
1988813
198758
1986718
198522
198445
198359

Map of recent crashes in Rackheath

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rackheath

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rackheath

The 24 most recent collisions in Rackheath happened between 19 May 2019 and 8 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rackheath

The A1151 has the most collisions in Rackheath, 39 of 202 (19%), followed by the B1140 (25).

Collisions in Rackheath on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA11513955010
2ndB1140254418

Council area for Rackheath

Rackheath is in Broadland, where police recorded 15,120 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rackheath accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Rackheath

All 202 collisions in Rackheath were in the NR13 postcode district.