Road crashes in Babergh

5,874 recorded collisions since 2000.

Babergh has recorded 5,874 road collisions since 2000, 129 of them fatal and 906 causing serious injury. That makes it the 269th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 22 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 43% since 2000, from 286 to 162 in 2024. The A134 is the most affected road locally, with 668 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.