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Great Bentley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 101 road traffic collisions in Great Bentley, Tendring, from 1979 to 2025, and 130 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 26 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
101
2,823rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
130
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
26
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Great Bentley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal22%
  • Serious2626%
  • Slight7372%

What the data shows

  • Great Bentley had 14 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 8% more than the 13 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Great Bentley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 20 children under 16 were killed or injured in Great Bentley, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Great Bentley.

Where Great Bentley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,823rd
Most casualties
2,808th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,489th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday10 (9.9%)
  • Tuesday20 (20%)
  • Wednesday23 (23%)
  • Thursday11 (11%)
  • Friday11 (11%)
  • Saturday15 (15%)
  • Sunday11 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight89 (88%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (7.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights lit2 (2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway101 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (1%)
  • 30 mph58 (57%)
  • 40 mph1 (1%)
  • 60 mph36 (36%)
  • 70 mph5 (5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds85 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (1%)
  • Other2 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant52 (40%)
  • Motorcyclist30 (23%)
  • Van occupant17 (13%)
  • Pedestrian16 (12%)
  • Cyclist11 (8.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Great Bentley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Great Bentley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Great Bentley peaked at 7 in 1992; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202312
202233
202111
202023
201911
201833
201700
201611
201511
201411
201333
201200
201122
201000
200922
200834
200711
200600
200544
200400
200335
200233
200145
200034
199900
199833
199711
199622
199534
199435
199300
199279
199111
199033
198912
198823
198723
198622
198545
1984611
198333
198234
198111
198049
197968

Map of recent crashes in Great Bentley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Great Bentley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Great Bentley

The 24 most recent collisions in Great Bentley happened between 22 November 2008 and 12 August 2025.

Severity

Council area for Great Bentley

Great Bentley is in Tendring, where police recorded 19,449 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Great Bentley accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Great Bentley

All 101 collisions in Great Bentley were in the CO7 postcode district.