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Crays Hill road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 120 road traffic collisions in Crays Hill, Basildon, from 1979 to 2025, and 171 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 31 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
120
2,583rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
171
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
31
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Crays Hill

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.5%
  • Serious3126%
  • Slight8672%

What the data shows

  • Crays Hill had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% more than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Crays Hill were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in Crays Hill, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Crays Hill.

Where Crays Hill ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,583rd
Most casualties
2,489th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday10 (8.3%)
  • Tuesday14 (12%)
  • Wednesday20 (17%)
  • Thursday22 (18%)
  • Friday18 (15%)
  • Saturday22 (18%)
  • Sunday14 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight88 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit19 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (7.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway115 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (4.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph69 (57%)
  • 40 mph38 (32%)
  • 60 mph10 (8.3%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds87 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other3 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant115 (67%)
  • Pedestrian20 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist11 (6.4%)
  • Cyclist10 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant10 (5.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crays Hill road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Crays Hill, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Crays Hill peaked at 6 in 2004; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
2024410
202300
202233
202135
202046
201900
201811
201723
201600
201511
201411
201300
201211
201122
201033
200922
200800
200712
200644
200534
200469
200344
200256
200135
200024
199945
199822
199722
199667
199546
199456
199356
199222
199111
199022
198924
198859
198711
198611
198522
198433
198311
1982410
198157
1980210
197912

Map of recent crashes in Crays Hill

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Crays Hill

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 Crays Hill

The 24 most recent collisions in Crays Hill happened between 27 January 2014 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Crays Hill

Of the 120 collisions in Crays Hill, 56 were on the A129.

Collisions in Crays Hill on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1295682013

Council area for Crays Hill

Crays Hill is in Basildon, where police recorded 23,495 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Crays Hill accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Crays Hill

Collisions in Crays Hill were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CM11 (116) and SS15 (4).