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High Garrett road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 170 road traffic collisions in High Garrett, Braintree, from 1979 to 2025, and 226 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 42 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
170
2,129th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
226
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
42
53 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for High Garrett

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal63.5%
  • Serious4225%
  • Slight12272%

What the data shows

  • High Garrett had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% more than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in High Garrett were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 8 children under 16 were killed or injured in High Garrett, 3.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in High Garrett.

Where High Garrett ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,129th
Most casualties
2,124th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,923rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday16 (9.4%)
  • Tuesday26 (15%)
  • Wednesday32 (19%)
  • Thursday23 (14%)
  • Friday19 (11%)
  • Saturday29 (17%)
  • Sunday25 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight129 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway168 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph7 (4.1%)
  • 40 mph85 (50%)
  • 50 mph63 (37%)
  • 60 mph15 (8.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds127 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (18%)
  • Fog or mist4 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other6 (3.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant160 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist33 (15%)
  • Pedestrian12 (5.3%)
  • Cyclist9 (4%)
  • Van occupant9 (4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (1.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

High Garrett road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in High Garrett, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in High Garrett peaked at 9 in 2001; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202411
202334
202235
202146
202011
201912
201822
201711
201634
201523
201449
201311
201200
201111
201011
200922
200822
200711
200633
200558
200457
200323
2002512
2001914
200078
1999912
199855
199756
199646
199568
199444
199344
199233
199122
199044
198945
198834
198755
198635
198557
198468
198378
198234
198146
198056
197968

Map of recent crashes in High Garrett

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in High Garrett

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in High Garrett

The 24 most recent collisions in High Garrett happened between 22 June 2015 and 1 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in High Garrett

The A131 has the most collisions in High Garrett, 161 of 170 (95%), followed by the A1017 (6).

Collisions in High Garrett on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA131161216640
2ndA10176702

Council area for High Garrett

High Garrett is in Braintree, where police recorded 19,650 collisions from 1979 to 2025. High Garrett accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for High Garrett

All 170 collisions in High Garrett were in the CM7 postcode district.