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Great Horkesley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 116 road traffic collisions in Great Horkesley, Colchester, from 1979 to 2025, and 164 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 20 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
116
2,628th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
164
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
20
24 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Great Horkesley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.7%
  • Serious2017%
  • Slight9481%

What the data shows

  • Great Horkesley had 14 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Great Horkesley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in Great Horkesley, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Great Horkesley.

Where Great Horkesley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,628th
Most casualties
2,558th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,720th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (12%)
  • Tuesday20 (17%)
  • Wednesday16 (14%)
  • Thursday15 (13%)
  • Friday22 (19%)
  • Saturday16 (14%)
  • Sunday13 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight82 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit14 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway108 (93%)
  • Roundabout6 (5.2%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph58 (50%)
  • 40 mph12 (10%)
  • 60 mph40 (34%)
  • 70 mph5 (4.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds93 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other2 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant113 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (12%)
  • Cyclist13 (7.9%)
  • Pedestrian11 (6.7%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Great Horkesley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Great Horkesley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Great Horkesley peaked at 5 in 2005; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202433
202312
202211
202134
202011
201923
201800
201711
201622
201523
201447
201311
201212
201111
201022
200911
200823
200722
200634
200556
200434
200300
200212
200146
200023
199946
199823
199724
199646
199522
199446
199346
1992511
199133
199011
198911
198811
198758
198645
198512
198446
198357
198223
198157
198045
197957

Map of recent crashes in Great Horkesley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Great Horkesley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Great Horkesley

The 24 most recent collisions in Great Horkesley happened between 29 June 2010 and 7 November 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Great Horkesley

Of the 116 collisions in Great Horkesley, 91 were on the A134.

Collisions in Great Horkesley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA13491133214

Council area for Great Horkesley

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

Postcode district for Great Horkesley

All 116 collisions in Great Horkesley were in the CO6 postcode district.