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Old Heath and The Hythe, Colchester, CO2 8AY area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 137 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Old Heath and The Hythe ward, Colchester, from 2001 to 2025, with 161 casualties. Of those collisions, 22 were serious and none fatal.

In 2025 there were 3 collisions here, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
137
6,053rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
161
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
3
6 in 2024

Crash severity at the CO2 8AY hotspot

22 of the 137 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2216%
  • Slight11584%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
24
Slightly injured
137
All casualties
161

Accidents by year at the CO2 8AY hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 10 in 2004, against an average of 5.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the CO2 8AY hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202467
202377
202255
202111
202046
201968
201855
201745
201655
201567
201433
201334
201259
201177
201056
200999
200867
200778
200658
2005911
20041010
200344
200269
200167

Map of crashes at the CO2 8AY hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CO2 8AY.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Old Heath and The Hythe, Colchester, CO2 8AY area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the CO2 8AY 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
Old Heath and The Hythe
Council area
Colchester
Nearest postcode to the centre
CO2 8AY
Postcode district
CO2
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.87382, 0.92385
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
27 October 2025
Rank by collisions
6,053rd of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the CO2 8AY hotspot

127 of the 137 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Colchester.

Accident hotspots near CO2 8AY

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Berechurch, Colchester, CO2 7RH area, 1.2 km away, with 315 collisions.

All 137 crashes at the CO2 8AY hotspot

Newest first, from 24 January 2001 to 27 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year