Crap Towns / King's Lynn / Roads
How dangerous are the roads in King's Lynn?
There were 3.6 fatal or serious road collisions per 10,000 people a year in King's Lynn from 2021 to 2025, 1.5 times the typical town's 2.4. In 2025 it was 4.2, up from 2.3 in 2021.
Coast-bound traffic turns a Lynner's ordinary trip into somebody else's bloody holiday.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 3.8 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 2.4 |
| 2025 | 4.2 | 2.5 |
| Town | Distance | Collisions per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Wisbech | 20.1 km | 4.1 |
| King's Lynn | – | 3.6 |
| Dereham | 36.9 km | 3.1 |
| Swaffham | 22.6 km | 2.6 |
| Watton | 35.2 km | 2.1 |
| March | 32.1 km | 2.1 |
| Long Sutton | 20.0 km | 1.9 |
| Littleport | 34.9 km | 1.8 |
| Fakenham | 30.4 km | 1.7 |
| Holbeach | 27.9 km | 1.5 |
| Downham Market | 17.7 km | 1.2 |
| The typical town | – | 2.4 |