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Sible Hedingham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 252 road traffic collisions in Sible Hedingham, Braintree, from 1979 to 2025, and 315 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 65 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
252
1,725th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
315
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
65
68 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sible Hedingham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.4%
  • Serious6526%
  • Slight18172%

What the data shows

  • Sible Hedingham had 28 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 41 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Sible Hedingham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 60 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sible Hedingham, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Sible Hedingham.

Where Sible Hedingham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,725th
Most casualties
1,751st
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (12%)
  • Tuesday48 (19%)
  • Wednesday32 (13%)
  • Thursday48 (19%)
  • Friday37 (15%)
  • Saturday30 (12%)
  • Sunday26 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight185 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit46 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (5.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway247 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph227 (90%)
  • 40 mph16 (6.3%)
  • 60 mph7 (2.8%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds206 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other6 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant155 (49%)
  • Pedestrian75 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (14%)
  • Cyclist32 (10%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sible Hedingham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sible Hedingham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sible Hedingham peaked at 11 in 1995; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202435
202333
202234
202122
202022
201922
201822
201722
201634
201567
201479
201322
201233
201166
201049
200933
200848
200722
200648
2005910
200477
200377
200266
200156
200066
1999814
199869
199756
199688
19951114
1994710
1993815
199269
199188
199057
198967
198878
19871113
19861010
1985614
198456
198377
198266
198144
198044
197955

Map of recent crashes in Sible Hedingham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sible Hedingham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sible Hedingham

The 24 most recent collisions in Sible Hedingham happened between 28 May 2017 and 9 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sible Hedingham

The A604 has the most collisions in Sible Hedingham, 92 of 252 (37%), followed by the A1017 (76).

Collisions in Sible Hedingham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA60492118424
2ndA10177698118
3rdB1058101103

Council area for Sible Hedingham

Sible Hedingham is in Braintree, where police recorded 19,650 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sible Hedingham accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Sible Hedingham

All 252 collisions in Sible Hedingham were in the CO9 postcode district.