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Thornwood Common road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 133 road traffic collisions in Thornwood Common, Epping Forest, from 1979 to 2025, and 208 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 26 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
133
2,437th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
208
1.56 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
3 people killed
Serious collisions
26
37 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thornwood Common

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.5%
  • Serious2620%
  • Slight10579%

What the data shows

  • Thornwood Common had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 31 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Thornwood Common were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Thornwood Common are between 9am and noon, with 23% of collisions.
  • 18 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thornwood Common, 9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Thornwood Common ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,437th
Most casualties
2,222nd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,489th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (18%)
  • Tuesday16 (12%)
  • Wednesday21 (16%)
  • Thursday17 (13%)
  • Friday21 (16%)
  • Saturday20 (15%)
  • Sunday14 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight99 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (5.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway132 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph11 (8.3%)
  • 40 mph61 (46%)
  • 50 mph27 (20%)
  • 60 mph32 (24%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds109 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (15%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant133 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (13%)
  • Pedestrian20 (9.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (8.7%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.9%)
  • Cyclist3 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thornwood Common road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thornwood Common, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thornwood Common peaked at 8 in 1996; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202457
202311
202200
202122
202000
201900
201833
2017111
201600
201511
201411
201322
201267
201169
201026
200923
200866
200723
200633
2005714
200448
200346
200211
200122
200045
199979
199834
199756
1996812
199511
199424
199311
199233
199124
199036
198933
198826
198723
198659
198523
198433
198333
1982314
198156
198000
197924

Map of recent crashes in Thornwood Common

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thornwood Common

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thornwood Common

The 24 most recent collisions in Thornwood Common happened between 30 April 2012 and 19 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thornwood Common

The B1393 has the most collisions in Thornwood Common, 91 of 133 (68%), followed by the B181 (17).

Collisions in Thornwood Common on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB139391143122
2ndB181172203

Council area for Thornwood Common

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

Postcode district for Thornwood Common

All 133 collisions in Thornwood Common were in the CM16 postcode district.