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Kirby Cross road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 348 road traffic collisions in Kirby Cross, Tendring, from 1979 to 2025, and 472 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 70 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
348
1,425th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
472
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
70
77 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kirby Cross

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal92.6%
  • Serious7020%
  • Slight26977%

What the data shows

  • Kirby Cross had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 68 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Kirby Cross were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 69 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kirby Cross, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Kirby Cross.

Where Kirby Cross ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,425th
Most casualties
1,377th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,431st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (11%)
  • Tuesday48 (14%)
  • Wednesday59 (17%)
  • Thursday52 (15%)
  • Friday58 (17%)
  • Saturday51 (15%)
  • Sunday41 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight268 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit72 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway293 (84%)
  • Roundabout47 (14%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph303 (87%)
  • 40 mph39 (11%)
  • 60 mph4 (1.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds285 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant282 (60%)
  • Motorcyclist67 (14%)
  • Cyclist59 (13%)
  • Pedestrian41 (8.7%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kirby Cross road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kirby Cross, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kirby Cross peaked at 16 in 1985; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202424
202334
202222
202146
202022
201955
201866
201757
201668
201578
2014918
201344
201224
201178
20101011
20091014
200868
200768
2006710
20051115
2004811
20031416
2002910
20011114
200068
199999
199855
19971014
19961122
19951223
1994713
199345
1992812
1991814
199079
198956
19881014
19871113
1986811
19851617
198478
198379
1982911
19811015
19801118
197978

Map of recent crashes in Kirby Cross

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kirby Cross

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kirby Cross

The 24 most recent collisions in Kirby Cross happened between 16 October 2018 and 16 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kirby Cross

The B1033 has the most collisions in Kirby Cross, 246 of 348 (71%), followed by the B1336 (18).

Collisions in Kirby Cross on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1033246348854
2ndB1336182512
3rdB10328902

Council area for Kirby Cross

Kirby Cross is in Tendring, where police recorded 19,449 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kirby Cross accounts for 1.8% of them.

Postcode district for Kirby Cross

All 348 collisions in Kirby Cross were in the CO13 postcode district.