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Boreham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 216 road traffic collisions in Boreham, Chelmsford, from 1979 to 2025, and 308 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
216
1,867th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
308
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
49
53 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Boreham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.9%
  • Serious4923%
  • Slight16576%

What the data shows

  • Boreham had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 49 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Boreham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 45 children under 16 were killed or injured in Boreham, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Boreham.

Where Boreham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,867th
Most casualties
1,786th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (13%)
  • Tuesday31 (14%)
  • Wednesday28 (13%)
  • Thursday35 (16%)
  • Friday39 (18%)
  • Saturday24 (11%)
  • Sunday32 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight155 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit32 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting26 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway143 (66%)
  • Dual carriageway71 (33%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph63 (29%)
  • 40 mph70 (32%)
  • 60 mph14 (6.5%)
  • 70 mph69 (32%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds179 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (11%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other7 (3.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant198 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (14%)
  • Pedestrian33 (11%)
  • Cyclist19 (6.2%)
  • Van occupant10 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Boreham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Boreham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Boreham peaked at 13 in 2006; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202434
202313
202238
202100
202048
201967
201834
201712
201637
201578
201445
201345
201222
201157
201034
200966
200811
200745
20061322
2005610
20041010
200325
200233
200179
2000811
199958
199869
1997711
199668
199534
1994610
199367
199267
199133
199013
198968
198837
198747
198635
1985610
198488
198367
198269
198133
198067
197946

Map of recent crashes in Boreham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Boreham

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Boreham

The 24 most recent collisions in Boreham happened between 19 December 2017 and 20 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Boreham

The B1137 has the most collisions in Boreham, 78 of 216 (36%), followed by the A12 (70).

Collisions in Boreham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB113778101120
2ndA1270116113

Council area for Boreham

Boreham is in Chelmsford, where police recorded 25,575 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Boreham accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Boreham

All 216 collisions in Boreham were in the CM3 postcode district.