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Lawford road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 303 road traffic collisions in Lawford, Tendring, from 1979 to 2025, and 358 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 79 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
303
1,540th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
358
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
79
84 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lawford

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.3%
  • Serious7926%
  • Slight22073%

What the data shows

  • Lawford had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 6% more than the 35 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Lawford were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 51 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lawford, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Lawford.

Where Lawford ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,540th
Most casualties
1,619th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,314th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (18%)
  • Tuesday45 (15%)
  • Wednesday40 (13%)
  • Thursday49 (16%)
  • Friday52 (17%)
  • Saturday30 (9.9%)
  • Sunday31 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight237 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit56 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway282 (93%)
  • Roundabout15 (5%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph198 (65%)
  • 40 mph79 (26%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph20 (6.6%)
  • 70 mph4 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds248 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant149 (42%)
  • Motorcyclist100 (28%)
  • Cyclist47 (13%)
  • Pedestrian46 (13%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lawford road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lawford, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lawford peaked at 13 in 1999; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202457
202389
202222
202144
202044
201944
201811
201755
201622
201511
201422
2013710
201235
201177
201033
200938
200833
200722
200644
200544
200488
200379
200233
200156
200078
19991316
199868
19971012
1996910
199578
1994812
199378
19921315
19911313
19901213
19891217
198889
198766
198656
198556
198489
19831114
19821116
198199
19801113
19791315

Map of recent crashes in Lawford

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lawford

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lawford

The 24 most recent collisions in Lawford happened between 3 October 2020 and 17 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lawford

The B1352 has the most collisions in Lawford, 106 of 303 (35%), followed by the A137 (101).

Collisions in Lawford on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1352106127130
2ndA137101119120
3rdB10353300

Council area for Lawford

Lawford is in Tendring, where police recorded 19,449 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lawford accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Lawford

All 303 collisions in Lawford were in the CO11 postcode district.