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Shelley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 125 road traffic collisions in Shelley, Epping Forest, from 1979 to 2025, and 144 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 22 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
125
2,528th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
144
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
22
23 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Shelley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2218%
  • Slight10382%

What the data shows

  • Shelley had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 12% fewer than the 24 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Shelley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 19 children under 16 were killed or injured in Shelley, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Shelley.

Where Shelley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,528th
Most casualties
2,706th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,653rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (15%)
  • Tuesday22 (18%)
  • Wednesday13 (10%)
  • Thursday18 (14%)
  • Friday23 (18%)
  • Saturday11 (8.8%)
  • Sunday19 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight93 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (7.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway99 (79%)
  • Roundabout24 (19%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph101 (81%)
  • 40 mph5 (4%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph16 (13%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds97 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (12%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other5 (4%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant76 (53%)
  • Pedestrian35 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist18 (13%)
  • Cyclist11 (7.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Shelley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Shelley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Shelley peaked at 8 in 2001; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202433
202333
202211
202122
202022
201911
201822
201723
201623
201511
201435
201311
201200
201122
201057
200933
200811
200755
200633
200522
200422
200323
200222
2001810
200055
199944
199855
199733
199645
199513
199411
199300
199245
199133
199012
198922
198845
198712
198667
198544
198456
198311
198222
198133
198033
197922

Map of recent crashes in Shelley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Shelley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Shelley

The 24 most recent collisions in Shelley happened between 8 May 2014 and 14 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Shelley

The B184 has the most collisions in Shelley, 49 of 125 (39%), followed by the A414 (26).

Collisions in Shelley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1844955010
2ndA414263301
3rdA128131601

Council area for Shelley

Shelley is in Epping Forest, where police recorded 27,737 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Shelley accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Shelley

All 125 collisions in Shelley were in the CM5 postcode district.