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Earls Colne road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 194 road traffic collisions in Earls Colne, Braintree, from 1979 to 2025, and 243 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 50 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
194
1,986th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
243
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
50
51 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Earls Colne

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.6%
  • Serious5026%
  • Slight13972%

What the data shows

  • Earls Colne had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Earls Colne were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 31 children under 16 were killed or injured in Earls Colne, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Earls Colne.

Where Earls Colne ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,986th
Most casualties
2,033rd
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,728th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (11%)
  • Tuesday35 (18%)
  • Wednesday16 (8.2%)
  • Thursday34 (18%)
  • Friday43 (22%)
  • Saturday26 (13%)
  • Sunday18 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight149 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway180 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (2.6%)
  • Roundabout5 (2.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph155 (80%)
  • 40 mph22 (11%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph14 (7.2%)
  • 70 mph2 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds162 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds24 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant128 (53%)
  • Pedestrian50 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (12%)
  • Cyclist22 (9.1%)
  • Van occupant11 (4.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.8%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Earls Colne road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Earls Colne, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Earls Colne peaked at 11 in 1997; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202333
202244
202111
202034
201922
201835
201711
201623
201555
201445
201322
201255
201145
201057
200944
200823
200733
200634
200558
200466
2003913
2002913
200156
200022
199947
199858
19971113
199666
199524
199433
199344
199233
199123
199078
198934
198866
198747
19861114
198557
198411
198357
198244
198155
198033
1979610

Map of recent crashes in Earls Colne

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Earls Colne

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Earls Colne

The 24 most recent collisions in Earls Colne happened between 24 April 2015 and 1 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Earls Colne

The A1124 has the most collisions in Earls Colne, 71 of 194 (37%), followed by the A604 (60).

Collisions in Earls Colne on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA11247196020
2ndA6046077522
3rdB1024141702

Council area for Earls Colne

Earls Colne is in Braintree, where police recorded 19,650 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Earls Colne accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Earls Colne

All 194 collisions in Earls Colne were in the CO6 postcode district.