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Great Yeldham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 121 road traffic collisions in Great Yeldham, Braintree, from 1979 to 2025, and 173 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 31 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
121
2,577th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
173
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
31
37 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Great Yeldham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious3126%
  • Slight9074%

What the data shows

  • Great Yeldham had 10 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Great Yeldham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 19 children under 16 were killed or injured in Great Yeldham, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Great Yeldham.

Where Great Yeldham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,577th
Most casualties
2,473rd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday16 (13%)
  • Tuesday18 (15%)
  • Wednesday14 (12%)
  • Thursday15 (12%)
  • Friday20 (17%)
  • Saturday13 (11%)
  • Sunday25 (21%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight92 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit5 (4.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway118 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph56 (46%)
  • 40 mph28 (23%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.7%)
  • 60 mph34 (28%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds99 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (11%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other4 (3.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant106 (61%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (16%)
  • Pedestrian13 (7.5%)
  • Van occupant10 (5.8%)
  • Cyclist9 (5.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (2.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Great Yeldham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Great Yeldham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Great Yeldham peaked at 7 in 1983; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202300
202211
202100
202000
201944
201823
201711
201600
201515
201444
201322
201200
201122
201000
200934
200822
200722
200611
200533
200434
200322
200211
200111
200048
199956
199869
199734
199633
1995511
199467
199348
199234
199111
199066
198927
198833
198725
198657
198545
198425
1983710
198211
198158
198057
197924

Map of recent crashes in Great Yeldham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Great Yeldham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Great Yeldham

The 24 most recent collisions in Great Yeldham happened between 12 October 2008 and 22 July 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Great Yeldham

The A604 has the most collisions in Great Yeldham, 47 of 121 (39%), followed by the A1017 (29).

Collisions in Great Yeldham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6044778012
2ndA1017293707

Council area for Great Yeldham

Great Yeldham is in Braintree, where police recorded 19,650 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Great Yeldham accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Great Yeldham

All 121 collisions in Great Yeldham were in the CO9 postcode district.