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Marks Tey road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 186 road traffic collisions in Marks Tey, Colchester, from 1979 to 2025, and 294 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 30 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
186
2,025th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
294
1.58 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
11 people killed
Serious collisions
30
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Marks Tey

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal115.9%
  • Serious3016%
  • Slight14578%

What the data shows

  • Marks Tey had 29 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% more than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Marks Tey were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 38 children under 16 were killed or injured in Marks Tey, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Marks Tey.

Where Marks Tey ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,025th
Most casualties
1,841st
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday34 (18%)
  • Tuesday29 (16%)
  • Wednesday16 (8.6%)
  • Thursday30 (16%)
  • Friday26 (14%)
  • Saturday24 (13%)
  • Sunday27 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight145 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit23 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (9.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway160 (86%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (11%)
  • Roundabout5 (2.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph29 (16%)
  • 40 mph82 (44%)
  • 50 mph3 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph46 (25%)
  • 70 mph25 (13%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds157 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (8.1%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (2.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant228 (78%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (6.8%)
  • Cyclist13 (4.4%)
  • Pedestrian13 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant11 (3.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.7%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Marks Tey road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Marks Tey, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Marks Tey peaked at 11 in 2003; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202400
202311
202234
202122
202012
2019210
201879
201757
201644
201546
201445
201334
201233
201111
201000
200911
200800
200734
200622
200537
200479
20031117
2002610
200145
200045
1999510
1998710
199756
1996711
199555
1994612
199346
199259
199155
199039
198937
198845
198746
198633
198527
198459
19831118
198236
198122
1980717
197959

Map of recent crashes in Marks Tey

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Marks Tey

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Marks Tey

The 24 most recent collisions in Marks Tey happened between 20 June 2017 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Marks Tey

The A120 has the most collisions in Marks Tey, 152 of 186 (82%), followed by the A12 (18).

Collisions in Marks Tey on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA120152229525
2ndA12184153

Council area for Marks Tey

Marks Tey is in Colchester, where police recorded 24,962 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Marks Tey accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Marks Tey

All 186 collisions in Marks Tey were in the CO6 postcode district.