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Tarpots, Castle Point, SS7 5TU area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
627
825th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
827
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Collisions in 2025
14
Down 7% on 2024

Crash severity at the SS7 5TU hotspot

94 of the 627 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal71.1%
  • Serious8714%
  • Slight53385%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
7
Seriously injured
96
Slightly injured
724
All casualties
827

Accidents by year at the SS7 5TU hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 46 in 2002, against an average of 25 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SS7 5TU hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251414
20241520
20231315
20221011
20212025
20201825
2019914
20181618
20171927
20161518
20152737
20141932
20132027
20122940
20112432
20102733
20093137
20082840
20074053
20063544
20054252
20044358
20033848
20024666
20012941

Map of crashes at the SS7 5TU hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SS7 5TU.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Tarpots, Castle Point, SS7 5TU area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the SS7 5TU 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
Tarpots
Council area
Castle Point
Nearest postcode to the centre
SS7 5TU
Postcode district
SS7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.56699, 0.54645
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
2 December 2025
Rank by collisions
825th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SS7 5TU hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A13, with 382 of 627, followed by the A130 with 88.

Collisions at the SS7 5TU hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA13382509153
2ndA13088125313
3rdB1006546937
4thB1464202504
5thA12451100

Towns near the SS7 5TU hotspot

503 of the 627 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Thundersley and South Benfleet.

All 627 crashes at the SS7 5TU hotspot

Newest first, from 24 January 2001 to 2 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year