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Great Dunmow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 488 road traffic collisions in Great Dunmow, Uttlesford, from 1979 to 2025, and 606 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 111 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
488
1,178th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
606
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
111
127 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Great Dunmow

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.8%
  • Serious11123%
  • Slight37376%

What the data shows

  • Great Dunmow had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 85 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Great Dunmow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 85 children under 16 were killed or injured in Great Dunmow, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Great Dunmow.

Where Great Dunmow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,178th
Most casualties
1,193rd
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,068th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday74 (15%)
  • Tuesday72 (15%)
  • Wednesday63 (13%)
  • Thursday86 (18%)
  • Friday95 (19%)
  • Saturday56 (11%)
  • Sunday42 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight383 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit91 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (2.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway447 (92%)
  • Roundabout23 (4.7%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (2%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph338 (69%)
  • 40 mph59 (12%)
  • 60 mph86 (18%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds403 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds55 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other15 (3.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant314 (52%)
  • Pedestrian131 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist74 (12%)
  • Cyclist48 (7.9%)
  • Van occupant16 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Great Dunmow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Great Dunmow, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Great Dunmow peaked at 22 in 1988; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
202411
202344
202256
202167
2020710
201933
201844
201733
201645
20151011
2014810
201388
201277
20111011
201044
200956
20081417
200788
20061115
200578
20041314
2003913
20021115
20011824
20001217
19991523
19981318
1997914
19961317
19951112
19941221
19931420
19921116
19911016
19901315
19892122
19882227
19872122
19861313
19851214
19841011
19831112
19822027
19811217
19801013
19791415

Map of recent crashes in Great Dunmow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Great Dunmow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Great Dunmow

The 24 most recent collisions in Great Dunmow happened between 5 August 2021 and 25 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Great Dunmow

The B184 has the most collisions in Great Dunmow, 224 of 488 (46%), followed by the A120 (45).

Collisions in Great Dunmow on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB184224271147
2ndA1204569215
3rdA130295114
4thB1057212504
5thB1008172006
6thB125681103

Council area for Great Dunmow

Great Dunmow is in Uttlesford, where police recorded 13,365 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Great Dunmow accounts for 3.6% of them.

Postcode district for Great Dunmow

All 488 collisions in Great Dunmow were in the CM6 postcode district.