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Southminster road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 163 road traffic collisions in Southminster, Maldon, from 1979 to 2025, and 185 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 38 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 10 August 2023.

Collisions since 1979
163
2,172nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
185
1.13 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
38
39 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
10 Aug 2023
Busiest year
1999
9 collisions

Road collision statistics for Southminster

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious3823%
  • Slight12476%

What the data shows

  • Southminster had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 57% fewer than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Southminster were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 31 children under 16 were killed or injured in Southminster, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Southminster.

Where Southminster ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,172nd
Most casualties
2,377th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,042nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (9.2%)
  • Tuesday31 (19%)
  • Wednesday24 (15%)
  • Thursday29 (18%)
  • Friday21 (13%)
  • Saturday19 (12%)
  • Sunday24 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight123 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway159 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph151 (93%)
  • 60 mph11 (6.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds133 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (9.8%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.2%)
  • Other8 (4.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant67 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (22%)
  • Pedestrian35 (19%)
  • Cyclist30 (16%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.8%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Southminster road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Southminster, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Southminster peaked at 9 in 1999; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202322
202200
202111
202000
201911
201822
201722
201644
201544
201433
201355
201211
201134
201011
200922
200844
200722
200633
200568
200434
200333
200222
200146
200045
199999
199822
199767
1996912
199544
199422
199311
199255
199168
199044
198944
198844
198711
198688
198533
198444
198377
198245
198157
1980511
197988

Map of recent crashes in Southminster

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Southminster

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Southminster

The 24 most recent collisions in Southminster happened between 13 February 2013 and 10 August 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Southminster

The B1020 has the most collisions in Southminster, 43 of 163 (26%), followed by the B1021 (43).

Collisions in Southminster on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB10204349011
2ndB10214352013
3rdB1018273005

Council area for Southminster

Southminster is in Maldon, where police recorded 8,416 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Southminster accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Southminster

All 163 collisions in Southminster were in the CM0 postcode district.