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Prettygate, Colchester, CO3 9ET area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 154 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Prettygate ward, Colchester, from 2001 to 2025, with 192 casualties. Of those collisions, 20 were serious and none fatal.

In 2025 there were 5 collisions here, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
154
5,450th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
192
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
5
9 in 2024

Crash severity at the CO3 9ET hotspot

20 of the 154 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2013%
  • Slight13487%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
25
Slightly injured
167
All casualties
192

Accidents by year at the CO3 9ET hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 12 in 2001, against an average of 6.2 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the CO3 9ET hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
2024911
202367
202222
202167
202055
201947
201833
201733
201678
201556
201456
201378
201277
201149
201056
200988
200878
200789
200646
2005910
2004712
2003913
2002712
20011214

Map of crashes at the CO3 9ET hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CO3 9ET.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Prettygate, Colchester, CO3 9ET area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the CO3 9ET 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
Prettygate
Council area
Colchester
Nearest postcode to the centre
CO3 9ET
Postcode district
CO3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.88017, 0.84921
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
14 December 2025
Rank by collisions
5,450th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the CO3 9ET hotspot

All 154 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Colchester.

Accident hotspots near CO3 9ET

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Prettygate, Colchester, CO3 4EF area, 1 km away, with 76 collisions.

All 154 crashes at the CO3 9ET hotspot

Newest first, from 2 March 2001 to 14 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year