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Coggeshall road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 272 road traffic collisions in Coggeshall, Braintree, from 1979 to 2025, and 347 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 61 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
272
1,651st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
347
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
61
67 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Coggeshall

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious6122%
  • Slight21077%

What the data shows

  • Coggeshall had 38 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 17% fewer than the 46 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Coggeshall were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 45 children under 16 were killed or injured in Coggeshall, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Coggeshall.

Where Coggeshall ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,651st
Most casualties
1,659th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,566th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (18%)
  • Tuesday49 (18%)
  • Wednesday36 (13%)
  • Thursday33 (12%)
  • Friday49 (18%)
  • Saturday27 (9.9%)
  • Sunday30 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight210 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit52 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway238 (88%)
  • Dual carriageway29 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph170 (63%)
  • 40 mph12 (4.4%)
  • 50 mph23 (8.5%)
  • 60 mph61 (22%)
  • 70 mph5 (1.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds217 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds38 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant214 (62%)
  • Pedestrian49 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (11%)
  • Cyclist21 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant17 (4.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Coggeshall road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Coggeshall, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Coggeshall peaked at 15 in 1979; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202448
202346
202246
202134
202022
201946
201867
201767
201625
201535
201437
201311
201211
201122
2010912
200977
200877
200769
200678
200569
2004614
200355
200222
20011217
200069
199957
199856
199744
199678
199555
1994911
199359
199255
1991611
199088
19891012
198899
19871214
198656
198555
198444
198344
1982810
19811011
19801012
19791517

Map of recent crashes in Coggeshall

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Coggeshall

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Coggeshall

The 24 most recent collisions in Coggeshall happened between 17 January 2019 and 14 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Coggeshall

The A120 has the most collisions in Coggeshall, 106 of 272 (39%), followed by the B1024 (54).

Collisions in Coggeshall on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA120106159129
2ndB10245462011

Council area for Coggeshall

Coggeshall is in Braintree, where police recorded 19,650 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Coggeshall accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Coggeshall

All 272 collisions in Coggeshall were in the CO6 postcode district.