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Thorpe-le-Soken road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 187 road traffic collisions in Thorpe-le-Soken, Tendring, from 1979 to 2025, and 253 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 39 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
187
2,019th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
253
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
39
47 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thorpe-le-Soken

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.1%
  • Serious3921%
  • Slight14678%

What the data shows

  • Thorpe-le-Soken had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 36 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Thorpe-le-Soken were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 36 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thorpe-le-Soken, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Thorpe-le-Soken.

Where Thorpe-le-Soken ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,019th
Most casualties
1,984th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,999th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (9.6%)
  • Tuesday28 (15%)
  • Wednesday27 (14%)
  • Thursday26 (14%)
  • Friday36 (19%)
  • Saturday28 (15%)
  • Sunday24 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight137 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway179 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.6%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.6%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph120 (64%)
  • 40 mph33 (18%)
  • 60 mph33 (18%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds156 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds21 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant166 (66%)
  • Pedestrian38 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist29 (11%)
  • Cyclist16 (6.3%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thorpe-le-Soken road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thorpe-le-Soken, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thorpe-le-Soken peaked at 9 in 1979; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202300
202211
202156
202033
201957
201822
201722
201600
201522
201422
201311
201256
201123
2010610
200934
200868
2007612
200636
200555
2004710
200368
200248
200144
200022
1999813
199834
199744
1996711
199533
199479
199345
199233
1991812
199078
198946
198846
198769
198633
198559
198469
198344
198236
198144
198011
1979910

Map of recent crashes in Thorpe-le-Soken

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thorpe-le-Soken

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thorpe-le-Soken

The 24 most recent collisions in Thorpe-le-Soken happened between 30 July 2014 and 26 March 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thorpe-le-Soken

The B1033 has the most collisions in Thorpe-le-Soken, 140 of 187 (75%), followed by the B1414 (42).

Collisions in Thorpe-le-Soken on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1033140191228
2ndB14144257011

Council area for Thorpe-le-Soken

Thorpe-le-Soken is in Tendring, where police recorded 19,449 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Thorpe-le-Soken accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Thorpe-le-Soken

All 187 collisions in Thorpe-le-Soken were in the CO16 postcode district.