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Stansted Mountfitchet road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 383 road traffic collisions in Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford, from 1979 to 2025, and 498 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 63 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
383
1,346th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
498
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
63
74 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Stansted Mountfitchet

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.3%
  • Serious6316%
  • Slight31582%

What the data shows

  • Stansted Mountfitchet had 49 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 48 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Stansted Mountfitchet were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 75 children under 16 were killed or injured in Stansted Mountfitchet, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Stansted Mountfitchet.

Where Stansted Mountfitchet ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,346th
Most casualties
1,327th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,534th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday50 (13%)
  • Tuesday56 (15%)
  • Wednesday65 (17%)
  • Thursday69 (18%)
  • Friday61 (16%)
  • Saturday47 (12%)
  • Sunday35 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight254 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit103 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (5.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway371 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph332 (87%)
  • 40 mph14 (3.7%)
  • 50 mph11 (2.9%)
  • 60 mph17 (4.4%)
  • 70 mph8 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds303 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds46 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1%)
  • Other15 (3.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant274 (55%)
  • Pedestrian94 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (13%)
  • Cyclist41 (8.2%)
  • Van occupant12 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Stansted Mountfitchet road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Stansted Mountfitchet, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Stansted Mountfitchet peaked at 23 in 1979; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
2024910
202355
202235
202145
202056
201945
201812
201779
201666
201545
201445
201355
201233
201144
201099
200933
200866
200744
2006614
200577
2004911
20031114
20021012
20011216
2000910
1999710
19981016
1997712
199669
1995915
199458
19931521
1992911
199158
199068
19891114
19881415
19871419
1986911
19851115
19841520
19831217
19821418
19811720
1980910
19792335

Map of recent crashes in Stansted Mountfitchet

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Stansted Mountfitchet

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Stansted Mountfitchet

The 24 most recent collisions in Stansted Mountfitchet happened between 7 September 2021 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Stansted Mountfitchet

The B1383 has the most collisions in Stansted Mountfitchet, 182 of 383 (48%), followed by the B1051 (65).

Collisions in Stansted Mountfitchet on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1383182249327
2ndB10516577013
3rdA11172714
4thB1351172504
5thM115700

Council area for Stansted Mountfitchet

Stansted Mountfitchet is in Uttlesford, where police recorded 13,365 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Stansted Mountfitchet accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode district for Stansted Mountfitchet

Of the 383 collisions in Stansted Mountfitchet, 381 (99%) were in the CM24 postcode district.