Road crashes in Breckland

7,432 recorded collisions since 2000.

Breckland has recorded 7,432 road collisions since 2000, 259 of them fatal and 1,459 causing serious injury. That makes it the 210th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 23% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 34.8 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 31% since 2000, from 381 to 263 in 2024. The A47 is the most affected road locally, with 804 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.