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The Lawns, Chelmsford, CM1 7PF area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 83 road collisions at this accident hotspot in The Lawns ward, Chelmsford, from 2001 to 2025, with 96 casualties. Of those collisions, 13 were serious and none fatal.

In 2025 there were 3 collisions here, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
83
9,322nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
96
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the CM1 7PF hotspot

13 of the 83 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1316%
  • Slight7084%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
13
Slightly injured
83
All casualties
96

Accidents by year at the CM1 7PF hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2012, against an average of 3.3 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the CM1 7PF hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202422
202345
202211
202111
202035
201945
201822
201700
201622
201511
201456
201333
201279
201179
201011
200934
200844
200755
200678
200556
200411
200344
200267
200122

Map of crashes at the CM1 7PF hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CM1 7PF.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the The Lawns, Chelmsford, CM1 7PF area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the CM1 7PF 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
The Lawns
Council area
Chelmsford
Nearest postcode to the centre
CM1 7PF
Postcode district
CM1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.74743, 0.4815
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
16 September 2025
Rank by collisions
9,322nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the CM1 7PF hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A1016, with 26 of 83, followed by the A138 with 7.

Collisions at the CM1 7PF hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1016263405
2ndA1387801

Towns near the CM1 7PF hotspot

53 of the 83 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Chelmsford.

Accident hotspots near CM1 7PF

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Springfield North, Chelmsford, CM1 6FD area, 1.2 km away, with 219 collisions.

All 83 crashes at the CM1 7PF hotspot

Newest first, from 26 April 2001 to 16 September 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year