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West Mersea road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 275 road traffic collisions in West Mersea, Colchester, from 1979 to 2025, and 326 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 73 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
275
1,637th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
326
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
73
77 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for West Mersea

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.5%
  • Serious7327%
  • Slight19872%

What the data shows

  • West Mersea had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 10% more than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in West Mersea were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 54 children under 16 were killed or injured in West Mersea, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in West Mersea.

Where West Mersea ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,637th
Most casualties
1,720th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,392nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (16%)
  • Tuesday35 (13%)
  • Wednesday32 (12%)
  • Thursday41 (15%)
  • Friday36 (13%)
  • Saturday61 (22%)
  • Sunday27 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight213 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit51 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway271 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph265 (96%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph6 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds231 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (6.9%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant129 (40%)
  • Pedestrian68 (21%)
  • Cyclist63 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist50 (15%)
  • Van occupant11 (3.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

West Mersea road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Mersea, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in West Mersea peaked at 12 in 2001; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202422
202366
202268
202122
202088
201923
2018810
201766
201622
201533
201478
201322
201244
201111
201068
200955
200811
200767
200655
200577
200456
200357
200266
20011223
200048
199978
199877
199778
1996810
199567
199433
199378
19921011
199199
19901117
198967
1988910
198789
198679
19851217
198455
198344
198244
198166
198055
19791112

Map of recent crashes in West Mersea

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in West Mersea

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in West Mersea

The 24 most recent collisions in West Mersea happened between 16 May 2020 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in West Mersea

Of the 275 collisions in West Mersea, 105 were on the B1025.

Collisions in West Mersea on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1025105127427

Council area for West Mersea

West Mersea is in Colchester, where police recorded 24,962 collisions from 1979 to 2025. West Mersea accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for West Mersea

All 275 collisions in West Mersea were in the CO5 postcode district.