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Latchingdon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 252 road traffic collisions in Latchingdon, Maldon, from 1979 to 2025, and 349 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 59 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
252
1,725th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
349
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
59
69 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Latchingdon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52%
  • Serious5923%
  • Slight18875%

What the data shows

  • Latchingdon had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 59 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Latchingdon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 45 children under 16 were killed or injured in Latchingdon, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Latchingdon.

Where Latchingdon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,725th
Most casualties
1,650th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,587th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (14%)
  • Tuesday39 (15%)
  • Wednesday37 (15%)
  • Thursday38 (15%)
  • Friday47 (19%)
  • Saturday30 (12%)
  • Sunday26 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight176 (70%)
  • Dark, no street lighting44 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (9.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway232 (92%)
  • Roundabout19 (7.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph103 (41%)
  • 40 mph65 (26%)
  • 60 mph80 (32%)
  • 70 mph4 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds197 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other6 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant251 (72%)
  • Motorcyclist32 (9.2%)
  • Pedestrian27 (7.7%)
  • Cyclist16 (4.6%)
  • Van occupant12 (3.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Latchingdon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Latchingdon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Latchingdon peaked at 16 in 2005; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202423
2023812
202212
202133
202024
201946
201823
201711
201666
2015910
201478
201334
2012712
201147
201045
200967
200869
200755
2006810
20051623
200489
200336
20021015
2001712
200022
1999811
199877
1997711
199647
19951315
199446
199334
199258
199168
199068
198922
198844
198778
198646
198533
198449
1983713
198255
198134
1980919
197933

Map of recent crashes in Latchingdon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Latchingdon

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Latchingdon

The 24 most recent collisions in Latchingdon happened between 3 January 2019 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Latchingdon

The B1018 has the most collisions in Latchingdon, 107 of 252 (42%), followed by the B1010 (78).

Collisions in Latchingdon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1018107150121
2ndB101078106319
3rdB1012182608

Council area for Latchingdon

Latchingdon is in Maldon, where police recorded 8,416 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Latchingdon accounts for 3% of them.

Postcode district for Latchingdon

All 252 collisions in Latchingdon were in the CM3 postcode district.