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Road collisions in North Norfolk

Police recorded 769 road collisions involving injury in North Norfolk between 2021 and 2025, about 154 a year. 16 of them were fatal, and an estimated 239 involved serious injury once DfT's severity adjustment is applied. These are reported injury collisions only: damage-only incidents and unreported injuries are not included.

769reported collisions, 2021 to 2025
154a year on average
16fatal
239serious (estimated)
1,101casualties

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When collisions happen

The busiest hour was 3pm to 4pm, and 32% of collisions happened between 3pm and 7pm (fewer than the 32% across Great Britain). Thursday had the most collisions, and 26% happened at weekends.

00: 10 00 01: 5 02: 3 03: 1 03 04: 3 05: 4 06: 11 06 07: 28 08: 36 09: 35 09 10: 44 11: 56 12: 49 12 13: 59 14: 55 15: 81 15 16: 73 17: 59 18: 35 18 19: 39 20: 23 21: 23 21 22: 22 23: 15
Collisions by hour of day (00 = midnight to 1am)
Sun: 98 98 Sun Mon: 98 98 Mon Tue: 104 104 Tue Wed: 119 119 Wed Thu: 124 124 Thu Fri: 122 122 Fri Sat: 104 104 Sat
Collisions by day of week

Trend over time

Reported collisions went from 152 in 2021 to 124 in 2025, a fall of 18%. Counts are affected by traffic levels, population and changes in how police record injuries, so North Norfolk should not be ranked against other areas on these numbers alone.

2021: 152 152 2021 2022: 173 173 2022 2023: 169 169 2023 2024: 151 151 2024 2025: 124 124 2025
Reported collisions per year

Who is affected

Across North Norfolk, 1,101 people were injured or killed in these collisions. Pedestrians were 10% of casualties (14% across Great Britain), pedal cyclists 6% (12%) and motorcyclists 11% (12%). Car and taxi occupants made up 67%. 4 of the pedestrians were killed.

Children aged 0 to 15 were 7% of casualties, lower than the 9% national share. People aged 16 to 25 were 21% (21% nationally), and people over 65 were 22% (10% nationally).

Road userCasualtiesShare in North NorfolkShare across GB
Pedestrians11310.3%14.5%
Pedal cyclists645.8%11.9%
Motorcyclists12411.3%12.4%
Car and taxi occupants73967.1%54.4%
Bus and minibus occupants10.1%1.8%
Van and goods vehicle occupants514.6%3.5%
Other road users90.8%1.6%

Casualties by age

AgeCasualtiesShare in North NorfolkShare across GB
0 to 570.6%1.6%
6 to 10333.0%2.6%
11 to 15353.2%4.8%
16 to 2014313.2%10.6%
21 to 25847.7%11.0%
26 to 3513612.5%20.8%
36 to 4512611.6%15.8%
46 to 5512811.8%12.8%
56 to 6514813.7%10.1%
66 to 7512011.1%5.3%
Over 7512411.4%4.5%

Vehicles involved

14.0% of collisions involved a pedestrian casualty (17.7% nationally), 8.2% a cyclist (15.0%) and 15.5% a motorcyclist (15.3%). 3.4% involved a goods vehicle (3.9% nationally) and 25.1% involved a driver aged 17 to 24 (21.1%). No collisions involving an e-scooter were recorded.

VehicleVehiclesShare in North NorfolkShare across GB
Cars and taxis1,02173.8%69.7%
Vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)1077.7%6.4%
Heavy goods vehicles282.0%2.3%
Motorcycles1279.2%9.3%
Pedal cycles695.0%8.7%
Buses and minibuses90.7%1.8%
Other vehicles221.6%1.8%

Collision hotspots in North Norfolk

These are the 100 metre squares with the most reported collisions in 2021 to 2025. Location is the average position of the collisions in each square, so treat it as approximate.

#Main roadJunction typeCollisionsFatalMap
1 B1146 Crossroads 11 0 View on map
2 A140 T or staggered junction 6 0 View on map
3 B1354 Not at a junction 4 1 View on map
4 Unnumbered road T or staggered junction 4 0 View on map
5 B1145 T or staggered junction 4 0 View on map
6 A148 T or staggered junction 4 0 View on map
7 Unnumbered road Not at a junction 4 0 View on map
8 B1105 T or staggered junction 4 0 View on map
9 A1151 T or staggered junction 4 0 View on map
10 A149 T or staggered junction 4 0 View on map

Numbered roads with the most collisions

35% of collisions happened on roads with a 30 mph limit or lower (69% nationally), and 46% on roads with a 60 or 70 mph limit (18% nationally). 43% were at or within 20 metres of a junction or roundabout, lower than the national 54%.

RoadCollisionsFatalSerious (est.)
A149 106 3 30
A148 93 3 24
B1354 28 1 9
B1105 22 0 12
B1150 21 2 4
A140 20 0 6
A1151 17 0 6
B1145 16 1 6
B1110 15 2 4
A1067 13 0 4
B1146 12 0 2
A1065 12 1 4
B1159 11 0 7
A1062 10 1 4
B1149 9 0 2

Collisions on unnumbered local streets are not listed here. Use the postcode search to see them.

Conditions

23% of collisions in North Norfolk happened in darkness, lower than the 28% across Great Britain. 7% happened on roads classed as urban, lower than the national 67%.

Type of road

Type of roadCollisionsShare in North NorfolkShare across GB
Motorway 0 0.0% 3.0%
A(M) road 0 0.0% 0.2%
A road 275 35.8% 44.0%
B road 152 19.8% 12.5%
C road 0 0.0% 4.4%
Unclassified road 342 44.5% 35.9%

Speed limit

Speed limitCollisionsShare in North NorfolkShare across GB
20 mph 42 5.5% 17.1%
30 mph 228 29.6% 52.0%
40 mph 69 9.0% 8.7%
50 mph 80 10.4% 4.4%
60 mph 348 45.3% 12.2%
70 mph 2 0.3% 5.5%

Junctions

JunctionsCollisionsShare in North NorfolkShare across GB
Not at a junction 438 57.1% 45.9%
T or staggered junction 198 25.8% 28.5%
Crossroads 86 11.2% 9.5%
Junction with more than four arms 4 0.5% 1.6%
Private drive or entrance 6 0.8% 2.2%
Other junction 24 3.1% 6.1%
Roundabout 11 1.4% 6.2%

Light conditions

Light conditionsCollisionsShare in North NorfolkShare across GB
Daylight 591 76.9% 71.7%
Darkness, street lights lit 38 4.9% 20.6%
Darkness, street lights unlit 7 0.9% 0.7%
Darkness, no street lighting 129 16.8% 5.3%
Darkness, lighting unknown 4 0.5% 1.7%

Urban or rural

Urban or ruralCollisionsShare in North NorfolkShare across GB
Urban 54 7.0% 67.2%
Rural 715 93.0% 32.8%

About these figures

Only collisions involving injury that were reported to the police are counted. The figures are not adjusted for traffic volume or population, so they should not be used to rank areas against each other. Serious and slight splits use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment. Full explanation.