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IG2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
3,935
913th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,972
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
35
36 people killed
Serious collisions
500
548 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
70
Down 3% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
82
Down 4% on 2024

Road collision statistics for IG2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal350.9%
  • Serious50013%
  • Slight3,40086%

What the data shows

  • IG2 had 789 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% more than the 697 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in IG2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 475 children under 16 were killed or injured in IG2, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 22% of collisions in IG2.

Where IG2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
913th
Most casualties
1,005th
Most fatal collisions
1,679th
Most serious collisions
1,493rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday573 (15%)
  • Tuesday561 (14%)
  • Wednesday548 (14%)
  • Thursday588 (15%)
  • Friday595 (15%)
  • Saturday596 (15%)
  • Sunday474 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,755 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,114 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown48 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,041 (52%)
  • Dual carriageway1,409 (36%)
  • Roundabout381 (9.7%)
  • One way street or slip road48 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded56 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph77 (2%)
  • 30 mph2,491 (63%)
  • 40 mph1,226 (31%)
  • 50 mph122 (3.1%)
  • 60 mph6 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph13 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,215 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds467 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds34 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist10 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Other77 (2%)
  • Not recorded95 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,046 (61%)
  • Pedestrian742 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist569 (11%)
  • Cyclist220 (4.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant199 (4%)
  • Van occupant118 (2.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant47 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

IG2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in IG2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in IG2 peaked at 136 in 1982; 2025 had 70.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 70
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20257082
20247285
20237292
202280108
20217394
20208499
201993122
201897128
201785109
20166375
201577113
201473102
20137587
201282114
201172105
201075100
20095665
20086786
20075877
20066272
20056576
200491115
2003105128
2002107140
2001119151
2000113138
1999101126
199883102
199793123
199688107
1995107131
1994107142
199389105
199283101
199191103
199098118
1989112128
1988109143
1987106133
1986104147
1985123153
1984106136
1983112135
1982136174
198100
198000
197912

Map of recent crashes in IG2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in IG2

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in IG2

The 24 most recent collisions in IG2 happened between 4 September and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in IG2

The A12 has the most collisions in IG2, 1,650 of 3,935 (42%), followed by the A123 (661).

Collisions in IG2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA121,6502,17322212
2ndA123661782588
3rdA1400133166115
4thA406454928
5thB192172004

Council area for IG2

IG2 is in Redbridge, where police recorded 44,199 collisions from 1979 to 2025. IG2 accounts for 8.9% of them.

Town in IG2

Of the 3,935 collisions in IG2, 3,888 (99%) were in Redbridge.