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Thorrington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 127 road traffic collisions in Thorrington, Tendring, from 1979 to 2025, and 215 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 32 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
127
2,505th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
215
1.69 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
32
42 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thorrington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal43.1%
  • Serious3225%
  • Slight9172%

What the data shows

  • Thorrington had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Thorrington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thorrington, 8.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Thorrington.

Where Thorrington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,505th
Most casualties
2,184th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,244th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (15%)
  • Tuesday21 (17%)
  • Wednesday19 (15%)
  • Thursday19 (15%)
  • Friday26 (20%)
  • Saturday16 (13%)
  • Sunday7 (5.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (84%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (9.4%)
  • Dark, street lights lit7 (5.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway119 (94%)
  • Roundabout6 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph25 (20%)
  • 40 mph90 (71%)
  • 60 mph11 (8.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds103 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other4 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant157 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (9.3%)
  • Pedestrian10 (4.7%)
  • Van occupant8 (3.7%)
  • Cyclist7 (3.3%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thorrington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thorrington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thorrington peaked at 6 in 2003; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202525
202425
202312
202223
202100
202000
201900
201823
2017511
201623
201511
201424
201334
201234
201100
201033
200933
200845
200746
200623
200547
200437
200369
200236
200113
200038
199968
199845
199734
199637
199547
1994610
199356
199249
199134
199000
198924
198848
198722
198636
198534
198411
198346
198235
198111
198027
197936

Map of recent crashes in Thorrington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thorrington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thorrington

The 24 most recent collisions in Thorrington happened between 10 July 2012 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thorrington

The B1027 has the most collisions in Thorrington, 82 of 127 (65%), followed by the B1029 (35).

Collisions in Thorrington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB102782148117
2ndB1029355539

Council area for Thorrington

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

Postcode district for Thorrington

All 127 collisions in Thorrington were in the CO7 postcode district.