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Saxmundham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 174 road traffic collisions in Saxmundham, East Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 200 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 40 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1980
174
2,099th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
200
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
40
42 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Saxmundham

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious4023%
  • Slight13376%

What the data shows

  • Saxmundham had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 38 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Saxmundham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 37 children under 16 were killed or injured in Saxmundham, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Saxmundham.

Where Saxmundham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,099th
Most casualties
2,270th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,973rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (14%)
  • Tuesday25 (14%)
  • Wednesday39 (22%)
  • Thursday24 (14%)
  • Friday28 (16%)
  • Saturday20 (11%)
  • Sunday14 (8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight132 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway169 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph168 (97%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph3 (1.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds135 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (9.2%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other15 (8.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant62 (31%)
  • Pedestrian62 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist36 (18%)
  • Cyclist29 (14%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (2%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Saxmundham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Saxmundham, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Saxmundham peaked at 8 in 2017; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202400
202322
202222
202111
202022
201922
201822
201788
201611
201522
201445
201333
201236
201167
201033
2009711
200834
200744
200633
200567
200433
200311
200255
200145
200077
199944
199856
199744
199633
199522
199434
199356
199233
199133
199033
198955
198866
198744
198655
198569
198445
198389
198247
198168
198056

Map of recent crashes in Saxmundham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Saxmundham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Saxmundham

The 24 most recent collisions in Saxmundham happened between 18 February 2015 and 16 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Saxmundham

The B1119 has the most collisions in Saxmundham, 68 of 174 (39%), followed by the B1121 (28).

Collisions in Saxmundham on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB11196875019
2ndB1121283107
3rdA12213217

Council area for Saxmundham

Saxmundham is in East Suffolk, where police recorded 31,552 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Saxmundham accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Saxmundham

All 174 collisions in Saxmundham were in the IP17 postcode district.