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Sheringham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 371 road traffic collisions in Sheringham, North Norfolk, from 1983 to 2025, and 426 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 72 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1983
371
1,368th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
426
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
72
78 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sheringham

Collisions by severity, 1983 to 2025

  • Fatal41.1%
  • Serious7219%
  • Slight29580%

What the data shows

  • Sheringham had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 80 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Sheringham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 78 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sheringham, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 22% of collisions in Sheringham.

Where Sheringham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,368th
Most casualties
1,466th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,407th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday41 (11%)
  • Tuesday65 (18%)
  • Wednesday56 (15%)
  • Thursday63 (17%)
  • Friday63 (17%)
  • Saturday52 (14%)
  • Sunday31 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight300 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit63 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway308 (83%)
  • Roundabout45 (12%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (4.3%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph345 (93%)
  • 40 mph9 (2.4%)
  • 60 mph12 (3.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds319 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (6.2%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian162 (38%)
  • Car occupant139 (33%)
  • Cyclist60 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist53 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sheringham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sheringham, 1983 to 2025

Collisions in Sheringham peaked at 16 in 2004; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202456
202388
202234
202144
2020910
201933
201888
201755
201633
201536
201466
201366
201266
20111416
2010910
20091114
20081111
200756
200699
20051314
20041617
20031010
2002812
20011113
20001113
199967
1998911
19971012
1996910
199555
19941617
199388
19921219
1991811
19901118
19891616
19881518
198789
19861112
198555
19841314
1983810

Map of recent crashes in Sheringham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sheringham

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sheringham

The 24 most recent collisions in Sheringham happened between 20 July 2021 and 24 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sheringham

The A149 has the most collisions in Sheringham, 126 of 371 (34%), followed by the B1157 (80).

Collisions in Sheringham on each road, 1983 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA149126150228
2ndB11578086018
3rdA1082435117

Council area for Sheringham

Sheringham is in North Norfolk, where police recorded 11,920 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sheringham accounts for 3.1% of them.

Postcode district for Sheringham

All 371 collisions in Sheringham were in the NR26 postcode district.