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Halstead (Braintree) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 789 road traffic collisions in Halstead, Braintree, from 1979 to 2025, and 937 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 177 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
789
882nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
937
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
11 people killed
Serious collisions
177
191 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
17
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Halstead

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.4%
  • Serious17722%
  • Slight60176%

What the data shows

  • Halstead had 110 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 110 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Halstead were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 175 children under 16 were killed or injured in Halstead, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Halstead.

Where Halstead ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
882nd
Most casualties
914th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
760th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday109 (14%)
  • Tuesday100 (13%)
  • Wednesday127 (16%)
  • Thursday114 (14%)
  • Friday133 (17%)
  • Saturday129 (16%)
  • Sunday77 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight617 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit147 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway727 (92%)
  • Roundabout45 (5.7%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.1%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph745 (94%)
  • 40 mph17 (2.2%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph16 (2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds664 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds91 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Other12 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant387 (41%)
  • Pedestrian264 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist173 (18%)
  • Cyclist81 (8.6%)
  • Van occupant20 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Halstead road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Halstead, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Halstead peaked at 33 in 1987; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251317
20241111
20231112
20221313
20211111
2020812
20191214
20181216
201767
20161313
20151618
2014811
201356
20121011
20111515
20101414
20091315
200855
2007911
20061517
20051116
20041722
20031920
20021416
20013148
20002226
19991819
19982425
19971012
19962429
19952733
19941923
19931417
19922125
19911215
19902226
19892834
19882635
19873337
19861515
19852731
19843035
19832022
19821922
19812533
19802329
19791823

Map of recent crashes in Halstead

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Halstead

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Halstead

The 24 most recent collisions in Halstead happened between 15 January 2024 and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Halstead

The A131 has the most collisions in Halstead, 379 of 789 (48%), followed by the A604 (88).

Collisions in Halstead on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA131379456785
2ndA60488108125
3rdA11246778113

Council area for Halstead

Halstead is in Braintree, where police recorded 19,650 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Halstead accounts for 4% of them.

Postcode district for Halstead

All 789 collisions in Halstead were in the CO9 postcode district.