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Jaywick road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 275 road traffic collisions in Jaywick, Tendring, from 1979 to 2025, and 340 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 60 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
275
1,637th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
340
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
60
66 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Jaywick

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.1%
  • Serious6022%
  • Slight21277%

What the data shows

  • Jaywick had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 10% fewer than the 49 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Jaywick were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 78 children under 16 were killed or injured in Jaywick, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Jaywick.

Where Jaywick ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,637th
Most casualties
1,689th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,574th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (7.6%)
  • Tuesday48 (17%)
  • Wednesday41 (15%)
  • Thursday34 (12%)
  • Friday31 (11%)
  • Saturday56 (20%)
  • Sunday44 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight209 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit55 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (2.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway250 (91%)
  • Roundabout12 (4.4%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (2.9%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph233 (85%)
  • 40 mph40 (15%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds226 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds28 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant158 (46%)
  • Pedestrian73 (21%)
  • Cyclist50 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (12%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Jaywick road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Jaywick, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Jaywick peaked at 12 in 1997; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202445
202346
202279
202134
202033
201944
201857
201723
201679
201544
201433
201379
201248
201155
201022
200969
2008810
200766
200647
2005910
200456
20031010
200244
20011010
200088
1999911
1998810
19971213
199655
199578
1994810
19931014
199249
199144
199045
198977
1988813
198789
198657
1985912
198489
198311
198245
198156
198079
197935

Map of recent crashes in Jaywick

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Jaywick

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Jaywick

The 24 most recent collisions in Jaywick happened between 20 November 2020 and 8 October 2025.

Severity

Council area for Jaywick

Jaywick is in Tendring, where police recorded 19,449 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Jaywick accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode districts in Jaywick

Collisions in Jaywick were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CO15 (265) and CO16 (10).