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Epping road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,224 road traffic collisions in Epping, Epping Forest, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,502 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 217 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 20 collisions, up from 16 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,224
663rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,502
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
217
229 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
20
16 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
26
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Epping

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal90.7%
  • Serious21718%
  • Slight99882%

What the data shows

  • Epping had 149 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 220 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Epping were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 162 children under 16 were killed or injured in Epping, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Epping.

Where Epping ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
663rd
Most casualties
671st
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
672nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday158 (13%)
  • Tuesday198 (16%)
  • Wednesday162 (13%)
  • Thursday184 (15%)
  • Friday205 (17%)
  • Saturday166 (14%)
  • Sunday151 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight894 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit276 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting39 (3.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,088 (89%)
  • Dual carriageway71 (5.8%)
  • Roundabout52 (4.2%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph1,030 (84%)
  • 40 mph49 (4%)
  • 50 mph7 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph80 (6.5%)
  • 70 mph52 (4.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds966 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds158 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other56 (4.6%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant769 (51%)
  • Pedestrian335 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist227 (15%)
  • Cyclist109 (7.3%)
  • Van occupant29 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Epping road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Epping, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Epping peaked at 47 in 1989; 2025 had 20.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 20
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252026
20241617
20231418
2022910
20211518
20201314
20191212
20181522
20171923
20161618
20151819
20142528
20131718
20122023
20111820
20102327
20092125
20082024
20072931
20062932
20052327
20041924
20033037
20023235
20012833
20003136
19992326
19982529
19973038
19963349
19953143
19942438
19933543
19923035
19913547
19902734
19894765
19884549
19873752
19863344
19852836
19843439
19832527
19824052
19813036
19803947
19794156

Map of recent crashes in Epping

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Epping

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Epping

The 24 most recent collisions in Epping happened between 26 October 2024 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Epping

The B1393 has the most collisions in Epping, 669 of 1,224 (55%), followed by the B181 (76).

Collisions in Epping on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB13936698014111
2ndB1817691113
3rdM25466114
4thB182162804
5thB13834400

Council area for Epping

Epping is in Epping Forest, where police recorded 27,737 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Epping accounts for 4.4% of them.

Postcode district for Epping

All 1,224 collisions in Epping were in the CM16 postcode district.