Road crashes in West Suffolk

10,674 recorded collisions since 2000.

West Suffolk has recorded 10,674 road collisions since 2000, 243 of them fatal and 1,809 causing serious injury. That makes it the 126th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 22.8 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 57% since 2000, from 613 to 264 in 2024. The A143 is the most affected road locally, with 1,075 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.