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West Bergholt road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 122 road traffic collisions in West Bergholt, Colchester, from 1979 to 2025, and 159 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 36 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
122
2,564th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
159
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
36
43 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for West Bergholt

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.5%
  • Serious3630%
  • Slight8368%

What the data shows

  • 32% of collisions in West Bergholt were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in West Bergholt, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in West Bergholt.

Where West Bergholt ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,564th
Most casualties
2,595th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (18%)
  • Tuesday18 (15%)
  • Wednesday22 (18%)
  • Thursday21 (17%)
  • Friday13 (11%)
  • Saturday16 (13%)
  • Sunday10 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight93 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit8 (6.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway117 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.6%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph62 (51%)
  • 40 mph26 (21%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph30 (25%)
  • 70 mph3 (2.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds105 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds9 (7.4%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.5%)
  • Other4 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant97 (61%)
  • Pedestrian26 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist17 (11%)
  • Cyclist15 (9.4%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

West Bergholt road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Bergholt, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in West Bergholt peaked at 10 in 1996; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202422
202324
202211
202100
202023
201922
201823
201746
201622
201500
201411
201300
201200
201100
201000
200911
200846
200722
200600
200511
200412
200311
200200
200133
200022
199922
199844
199734
19961012
199511
199448
199344
199211
199133
199056
198924
198868
198746
198637
198557
198479
198322
198256
198155
1980610
197934

Map of recent crashes in West Bergholt

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in West Bergholt

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in West Bergholt

The 24 most recent collisions in West Bergholt happened between 1 November 2008 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in West Bergholt

Of the 122 collisions in West Bergholt, 57 were on the B1508.

Collisions in West Bergholt on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB15085778314

Council area for West Bergholt

West Bergholt is in Colchester, where police recorded 24,962 collisions from 1979 to 2025. West Bergholt accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for West Bergholt

All 122 collisions in West Bergholt were in the CO6 postcode district.