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Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 3SH area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 237 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Southchurch ward, Southend-on-Sea, from 2001 to 2025, with 309 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 42 were serious.

In 2025 there were 8 collisions here, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
237
3,525th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
309
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
8
Down 20% on 2024

Crash severity at the SS1 3SH hotspot

45 of the 237 collisions here (19%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal31.3%
  • Serious4218%
  • Slight19281%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
49
Slightly injured
257
All casualties
309

Accidents by year at the SS1 3SH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 16 in 2004, against an average of 9.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SS1 3SH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025812
20241011
202366
20221016
202156
202045
201956
201833
201778
20161014
20151420
2014913
2013910
2012810
20111015
20101014
20091315
2008712
200766
20061316
20051418
20041620
20031618
20021318
20011117

Map of crashes at the SS1 3SH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SS1 3SH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 3SH area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the SS1 3SH 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
Southchurch
Council area
Southend-on-Sea
Nearest postcode to the centre
SS1 3SH
Postcode district
SS1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.54119, 0.75457
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
5 December 2025
Rank by collisions
3,525th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SS1 3SH hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A13, with 78 of 237, followed by the A1159 with 16.

Collisions at the SS1 3SH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA137894112
2ndA1159162420

Towns near the SS1 3SH hotspot

187 of the 237 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Southend-on-Sea.

Accident hotspots near SS1 3SH

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Thorpe, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 3JH area, 1.2 km away, with 146 collisions.

All 237 crashes at the SS1 3SH hotspot

Newest first, from 6 April 2001 to 5 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year