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Berechurch road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 461 road traffic collisions in Berechurch, Colchester, from 1979 to 2025, and 580 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 107 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
461
1,218th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
580
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
107
117 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Berechurch

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.7%
  • Serious10723%
  • Slight34675%

What the data shows

  • Berechurch had 65 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 64 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Berechurch were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 105 children under 16 were killed or injured in Berechurch, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Berechurch.

Where Berechurch ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,218th
Most casualties
1,225th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,102nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday64 (14%)
  • Tuesday75 (16%)
  • Wednesday51 (11%)
  • Thursday76 (16%)
  • Friday71 (15%)
  • Saturday59 (13%)
  • Sunday65 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight329 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit101 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (4.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway414 (90%)
  • Roundabout41 (8.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph297 (64%)
  • 40 mph120 (26%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph37 (8%)
  • 70 mph5 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds366 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds71 (15%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant296 (51%)
  • Motorcyclist101 (17%)
  • Pedestrian91 (16%)
  • Cyclist72 (12%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Berechurch road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Berechurch, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Berechurch peaked at 20 in 1987; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202457
202369
202246
202156
202044
20191011
2018710
2017812
2016910
201567
201466
201355
201257
2011810
201044
200945
200888
200777
20061111
20051014
2004815
2003812
2002910
20011213
2000912
19991116
19981012
19971111
19961721
19951112
19941925
19931111
19921112
19911216
19901219
19891319
19881014
19872026
19861011
19851519
198467
19831419
19821621
19811315
19801416
19792030

Map of recent crashes in Berechurch

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Berechurch

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Berechurch

The 24 most recent collisions in Berechurch happened between 16 September 2021 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Berechurch

Of the 461 collisions in Berechurch, 225 were on the B1025.

Collisions in Berechurch on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1025225283449

Council area for Berechurch

Berechurch is in Colchester, where police recorded 24,962 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Berechurch accounts for 1.8% of them.

Postcode district for Berechurch

All 461 collisions in Berechurch were in the CO2 postcode district.