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Eight Ash Green road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
116
2,628th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
170
1.47 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
24
35 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Eight Ash Green

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal43.4%
  • Serious2421%
  • Slight8876%

What the data shows

  • Eight Ash Green had 11 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Eight Ash Green were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in Eight Ash Green, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Eight Ash Green.

Where Eight Ash Green ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,628th
Most casualties
2,499th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (17%)
  • Tuesday18 (16%)
  • Wednesday13 (11%)
  • Thursday21 (18%)
  • Friday10 (8.6%)
  • Saturday19 (16%)
  • Sunday15 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight90 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit18 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway109 (94%)
  • Roundabout3 (2.6%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph51 (44%)
  • 40 mph44 (38%)
  • 60 mph17 (15%)
  • 70 mph4 (3.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds93 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (15%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.6%)
  • Other1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant111 (65%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (15%)
  • Pedestrian12 (7.1%)
  • Cyclist10 (5.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Eight Ash Green road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Eight Ash Green, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Eight Ash Green peaked at 9 in 1991; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202311
202249
202111
202000
201922
201811
201700
201615
201523
201400
201333
201200
201122
201022
200911
200834
200722
200623
200511
200447
200300
200245
200100
200024
199934
199833
199744
199622
199511
199438
199333
199244
1991917
199057
198948
198811
198736
198633
198522
198456
198333
1982817
198157
198044
197923

Map of recent crashes in Eight Ash Green

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Eight Ash Green

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Eight Ash Green

The 24 most recent collisions in Eight Ash Green happened between 27 February 2008 and 11 January 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Eight Ash Green

The A604 has the most collisions in Eight Ash Green, 48 of 116 (41%), followed by the A1124 (24).

Collisions in Eight Ash Green on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6044880314
2ndA1124243804

Council area for Eight Ash Green

Eight Ash Green is in Colchester, where police recorded 24,962 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Eight Ash Green accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Eight Ash Green

Collisions in Eight Ash Green were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CO6 (63) and CO3 (53).