Road crashes in Ipswich

7,847 recorded collisions since 2000.

Ipswich has recorded 7,847 road collisions since 2000, 39 of them fatal and 978 causing serious injury. That makes it the 191st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 13% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 5 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 37% since 2000, from 396 to 248 in 2024. The A1156 is the most affected road locally, with 1,231 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.