Road crashes in Norwich

9,155 recorded collisions since 2000.

Norwich has recorded 9,155 road collisions since 2000, 46 of them fatal and 1,440 causing serious injury. That makes it the 159th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% 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 50% since 2000, from 541 to 273 in 2024. The A147 is the most affected road locally, with 1,025 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.