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Woodbridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 689 road traffic collisions in Woodbridge, East Suffolk, from 1980 to 2025, and 820 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 140 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
689
953rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
820
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
140
152 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Woodbridge

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal50.7%
  • Serious14020%
  • Slight54479%

What the data shows

  • Woodbridge had 85 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 136 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Woodbridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 120 children under 16 were killed or injured in Woodbridge, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Woodbridge.

Where Woodbridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
953rd
Most casualties
994th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
910th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday96 (14%)
  • Tuesday102 (15%)
  • Wednesday116 (17%)
  • Thursday120 (17%)
  • Friday93 (13%)
  • Saturday98 (14%)
  • Sunday64 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight541 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit120 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (2.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway575 (83%)
  • One way street or slip road61 (8.9%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (3.5%)
  • Roundabout24 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph574 (83%)
  • 40 mph47 (6.8%)
  • 50 mph16 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph46 (6.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds540 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds72 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other42 (6.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant316 (39%)
  • Pedestrian170 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist156 (19%)
  • Cyclist146 (18%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Woodbridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Woodbridge, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in Woodbridge peaked at 37 in 1984; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
2024910
202378
202277
202168
20201010
20191625
201877
20171012
20161012
20151718
20141213
20131111
201299
20111213
20101414
20091925
20081619
20071011
20061622
20051519
20041926
20031013
20021519
20011619
20001624
19991313
19981820
19971519
1996911
1995810
19941921
19931616
19921516
199199
19902427
19892325
19882227
19872126
19862127
19852125
19843749
19831721
19822531
19811818
19802632

Map of recent crashes in Woodbridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Woodbridge

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Woodbridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Woodbridge happened between 21 May 2022 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Woodbridge

The B1438 has the most collisions in Woodbridge, 230 of 689 (33%), followed by the B1079 (121).

Collisions in Woodbridge on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1438230280250
2ndB1079121138119
3rdA12394709
4thA1152354808

Council area for Woodbridge

Woodbridge is in East Suffolk, where police recorded 31,552 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Woodbridge accounts for 2.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Woodbridge

Collisions in Woodbridge were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by IP12 (680) and IP13 (9).