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RM17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,976 road traffic collisions in the RM17 postcode district, Thurrock, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,794 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 31 were fatal and 550 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 31 collisions, down 3% on 2024 (32).

Collisions since 1979
2,976
1,331st highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,794
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
31
31 people killed
Serious collisions
550
592 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
31
Down 3% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
39
Down 3% on 2024

Road collision statistics for RM17

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal311%
  • Serious55018%
  • Slight2,39580%

What the data shows

  • RM17 had 338 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 487 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in RM17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 543 children under 16 were killed or injured in RM17, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in RM17.

Where RM17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,331st
Most casualties
1,382nd
Most fatal collisions
1,815th
Most serious collisions
1,350th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday457 (15%)
  • Tuesday406 (14%)
  • Wednesday430 (14%)
  • Thursday438 (15%)
  • Friday523 (18%)
  • Saturday431 (14%)
  • Sunday291 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,201 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit736 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,205 (74%)
  • One way street or slip road300 (10%)
  • Dual carriageway235 (7.9%)
  • Roundabout206 (6.9%)
  • Not recorded30 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph17 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph2,492 (84%)
  • 40 mph183 (6.1%)
  • 50 mph53 (1.8%)
  • 60 mph138 (4.6%)
  • 70 mph93 (3.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,351 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds394 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds55 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds39 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist20 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other83 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded20 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,120 (56%)
  • Pedestrian626 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist469 (12%)
  • Cyclist355 (9.4%)
  • Van occupant83 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant58 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant36 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)18 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

RM17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in RM17, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in RM17 peaked at 99 in 1989; 2025 had 31.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 31
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253139
20243240
20233946
20222632
20213241
20203042
20193040
20183441
20173546
20164960
20154449
20145062
20133947
20125375
20114667
20104457
20096283
20083945
20074855
20066283
20056377
20045060
20036584
20026982
200183108
200076103
199992131
199889111
199781100
199697147
199577100
199495129
19937491
199284108
19916993
199087109
198999119
198894115
19877992
19866998
198585105
19847390
198385104
19827387
19817591
198084103
197984107

Map of recent crashes in RM17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in RM17

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in RM17

The 24 most recent collisions in RM17 happened between 7 April and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in RM17

The A126 has the most collisions in RM17, 902 of 2,976 (30%), followed by the A1013 (507).

Collisions in RM17 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1269021,1886162
2ndA1013507632691
3rdA1012107141210
4thA108988116625
5thB149486906
6thB189364519
7thA13242825
8thA1306243504

Council area for RM17

RM17 is in Thurrock, where police recorded 24,011 collisions from 1979 to 2025. RM17 accounts for 12% of them.

Town in RM17

Of the 2,976 collisions in RM17, 2,602 (87%) were in Grays.