Serious
Nissan crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 12 Dec 2025, 15:50
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025421682170
Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RT area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 258 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Highwoods ward, Colchester, from 2001 to 2025, with 300 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 37 were serious.
In 2025 there were 11 collisions here, up from 5 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 258
- 3,167th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 300
- 1.16 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 1
- 1 person killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 11
- 5 in 2024
Crash severity at the CO4 9RT hotspot
38 of the 258 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal10.4%
- Serious3714%
- Slight22085%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 1
- Seriously injured
- 38
- Slightly injured
- 261
- All casualties
- 300
Accidents by year at the CO4 9RT hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 23 in 2001, against an average of 10 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the CO4 9RT hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 11
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 11 | 12 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 12 | 14 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10 |
| 2013 | 13 | 16 |
| 2012 | 11 | 13 |
| 2011 | 10 | 15 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9 |
| 2008 | 11 | 13 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 |
| 2006 | 11 | 13 |
| 2005 | 20 | 20 |
| 2004 | 21 | 21 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9 |
| 2002 | 13 | 17 |
| 2001 | 23 | 27 |
Map of crashes at the CO4 9RT hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CO4 9RT.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9RT area accident hotspot
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- 48 crashes
- Serious
- Slight
Centre of the hotspot
Hotspot area, 700 m radius
Details of the CO4 9RT hotspot
This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.
- Ward
- Highwoods
- Council area
- Colchester
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- CO4 9RT
- Postcode district
- CO4
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 51.91072, 0.92376
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 12 December 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 3,167th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the CO4 9RT hotspot
All 258 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Colchester.
Accident hotspots near CO4 9RT
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9QT area, 1.2 km away, with 309 collisions.
- Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9QT area1.2 km away, 404 casualties309 collisions
- St Anne's and St John's, Colchester, CO4 3HQ area1.6 km away, 292 casualties265 collisions
- Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 5XS area1.7 km away, 121 casualties97 collisions
- Castle, Colchester, CO1 1YA area1.7 km away, 167 casualties141 collisions
- Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5LE area1.8 km away, 213 casualties182 collisions
- Ardleigh & Little Bromley, Tendring, CO7 7QR area2 km away, 111 casualties78 collisions
- Castle, Colchester, CO1 1UX area2.4 km away, 772 casualties618 collisions
- Greenstead, Colchester, CO4 3LR area2.5 km away, 87 casualties74 collisions
All 258 crashes at the CO4 9RT hotspot
Newest first, from 22 January 2001 to 12 December 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 14 Nov 2025, 16:58
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025421668612
- Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 29 Oct 2025, 17:57
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025421660947
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 19 Sep 2025, 16:04
- Ford Fiesta and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025421644021
- Serious
MAN crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 27 Aug 2025, 22:10
- MAN and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025421634145
- Slight
Mercedes Citan crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 18 Jun 2025, 06:29
- Mercedes Citan and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025421604438
- Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 16 Jun 2025, 18:45
- Toyota Yaris and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025421603735
- Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 25 May 2025, 21:05
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025421594653
- Serious
Kawasaki BX 125 crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 19 Mar 2025, 16:08
- Kawasaki BX 125 and BMW 3 Series
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025421569292
- Slight
Suzuki GSXR crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 4 Feb 2025, 17:45
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2025421550559
- Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 2 Jan 2025, 16:41
- A bicycle and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025421537038
- Slight
Volkswagen T-Cross crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 28 Nov 2024, 14:39
- Volkswagen T-Cross and Hyundai Ioniq
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2024421525953
- Slight
Kia Sedona crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 20 Nov 2024, 15:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024421531610
- Slight
Jaguar I-Pace crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 11 Sep 2024, 07:57
- Jaguar I-Pace and Lexmoto LXR
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024421489971
- Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 14 Aug 2024, 17:09
- Vauxhall Insignia and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024421480271
- Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 7 May 2024, 12:17
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024421445624
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 25 Oct 2023, 12:35
- Ford Focus and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023421367007
- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 9 Jun 2023, 22:38
- BMW 3 Series, Isuzu D-Max and Ford Kuga
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023421316987
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 24 Feb 2023, 06:50
- Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023421286355
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 9 Jan 2023, 10:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023421271737
- Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 20 Dec 2022, 16:49
- Toyota Yaris and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022421255849
- Serious
Lexmoto LXR crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 29 Nov 2022, 06:45
- Lexmoto LXR and Peugeot 206
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022421247734
- Serious
E-scooter crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 10 Sep 2022, 01:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022421217754
- Slight
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 7 Sep 2022, 17:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022421229301
- Serious
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 30 Jul 2022, 10:13
- Hyundai Tucson and Mercedes Sprinter
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022421204067
- Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 18 Jun 2022, 17:30
- Suzuki Swift and BMW 1 Series
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022421192744
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 10 May 2022, 16:12
- Ford Transit Custom, Seat Alhambra, Ford Focus, Ford Galaxy and another vehicle
- 5 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022421175512
- Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 16 Apr 2022, 10:53
- Dacia Sandero and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022421167044
- Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 8 Mar 2022, 12:00
- Volvo and an e-scooter
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022421151466
- Slight
Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 19 Jan 2022, 19:40
- Honda Jazz and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022421138376
- Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 30 Dec 2021, 20:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021421127328
- Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 27 Nov 2021, 08:55
- Toyota Yaris and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021421125277
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 31 Jul 2021, 16:05
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021421072405
- Serious
Renault Captur crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 30 May 2021, 14:39
- Renault Captur and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021421050531
- Slight
Mazda CX-5 crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 4 May 2021, 14:00
- Mazda CX-5, Peugeot 307 and Toyota Yaris
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021421041883
- Serious
Peugeot 2008 crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 17 Apr 2021, 18:23
- Peugeot 2008, Volkswagen Caddy, Volkswagen Golf and Audi A4
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021421036515
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 9 Dec 2020, 18:21
- Volkswagen Golf and Kia Sorento
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020421005629
- Slight
Lexmoto Titan 125 crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 16 Nov 2020, 14:10
- Lexmoto Titan 125 and Ford Fusion
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020420999295
- Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 3 Oct 2020, 12:04
- Fiat Doblo and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020420986592
- Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 12 Aug 2020, 18:25
- Vauxhall Meriva and Audi A3
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020420978572
- Slight
Audi Q5 crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 30 Jul 2020, 16:15
- Audi Q5, Volkswagen Crafter and Ford Transit
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020420968570
- Slight
Car crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 11 Jul 2020, 11:00
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020420964616
- Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 20 Dec 2019, 18:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019420913095
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 17 Nov 2019, 18:12
- Renault Clio and Audi Q5
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019420899391
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 26 Aug 2019, 22:48
- Ford Focus, a car and a van
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019420871422
- Slight
Nissan Pixo crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 11 Aug 2019, 11:00
- Nissan Pixo and Renault Clio
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019420867035
- Slight
Vauxhall Viva crash on the A1232 in Colchester, 10 May 2019, 12:13
- Vauxhall Viva and Kia Rio
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019420838245
- Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Colchester, 6 May 2019, 11:14
- BMW 3 Series and Kawasaki ER650
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019420836821