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St Osyth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 139 road traffic collisions in St Osyth, Tendring, from 1979 to 2025, and 187 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 22 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
139
2,379th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
187
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
22
24 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for St Osyth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious2216%
  • Slight11683%

What the data shows

  • St Osyth had 26 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 33 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in St Osyth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in St Osyth, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in St Osyth.

Where St Osyth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,379th
Most casualties
2,354th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,653rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (14%)
  • Tuesday17 (12%)
  • Wednesday11 (7.9%)
  • Thursday22 (16%)
  • Friday27 (19%)
  • Saturday21 (15%)
  • Sunday21 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (8.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway138 (99%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph115 (83%)
  • 40 mph4 (2.9%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph19 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds110 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (3.6%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.4%)
  • Other2 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant112 (60%)
  • Pedestrian39 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist16 (8.6%)
  • Cyclist7 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

St Osyth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Osyth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in St Osyth peaked at 9 in 2003; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202424
202333
202233
202149
202022
201911
201823
201734
201635
201534
201411
201311
201245
201157
201055
200933
200833
200745
200645
200513
200434
2003914
200256
200124
200012
199911
199844
199755
1996510
199500
199433
199322
199233
199111
199034
198922
198848
198758
198611
198522
198411
198347
198234
198146
198044
197922

Map of recent crashes in St Osyth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in St Osyth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in St Osyth

The 24 most recent collisions in St Osyth happened between 29 December 2016 and 11 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in St Osyth

Of the 139 collisions in St Osyth, 18 were on the B1027.

Collisions in St Osyth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1027182905

Council area for St Osyth

St Osyth is in Tendring, where police recorded 19,449 collisions from 1979 to 2025. St Osyth accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for St Osyth

All 139 collisions in St Osyth were in the CO16 postcode district.