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Galleywood road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 440 road traffic collisions in Galleywood, Chelmsford, from 1979 to 2025, and 556 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 99 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
440
1,249th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
556
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
99
109 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Galleywood

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.9%
  • Serious9923%
  • Slight33777%

What the data shows

  • Galleywood had 48 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 49 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Galleywood were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 69 children under 16 were killed or injured in Galleywood, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Galleywood.

Where Galleywood ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,249th
Most casualties
1,253rd
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,154th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday57 (13%)
  • Tuesday69 (16%)
  • Wednesday63 (14%)
  • Thursday59 (13%)
  • Friday69 (16%)
  • Saturday67 (15%)
  • Sunday56 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight341 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit82 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway428 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph211 (48%)
  • 40 mph171 (39%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph54 (12%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds349 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds65 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant317 (57%)
  • Motorcyclist83 (15%)
  • Pedestrian71 (13%)
  • Cyclist48 (8.6%)
  • Van occupant18 (3.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Galleywood road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Galleywood, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Galleywood peaked at 19 in 1985; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202457
202399
202233
202133
202012
201946
201877
201733
20161010
201511
201467
201356
201233
201144
201069
200978
200844
2007710
2006611
200577
20041115
200367
20021418
2001916
20001315
19991722
19981215
19971418
19961011
19951114
19941315
19931418
1992910
19911622
1990914
19891317
19881723
19871721
19861727
19851927
19841013
19831011
19821114
19811313
19801723
19791414

Map of recent crashes in Galleywood

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Galleywood

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Galleywood

The 24 most recent collisions in Galleywood happened between 11 March 2020 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Galleywood

The B1007 has the most collisions in Galleywood, 188 of 440 (43%), followed by the B1009 (27).

Collisions in Galleywood on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1007188261340
2ndB1009273405

Council area for Galleywood

Galleywood is in Chelmsford, where police recorded 25,575 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Galleywood accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Galleywood

Collisions in Galleywood were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by CM2 (420) and CM4 (14).