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Wickham Bishops road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 156 road traffic collisions in Wickham Bishops, Maldon, from 1979 to 2025, and 210 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 34 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
156
2,224th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
210
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
34
41 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wickham Bishops

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.3%
  • Serious3422%
  • Slight12077%

What the data shows

  • Wickham Bishops had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% fewer than the 23 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Wickham Bishops were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 15 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wickham Bishops, 7.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Wickham Bishops.

Where Wickham Bishops ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,224th
Most casualties
2,210th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (13%)
  • Tuesday23 (15%)
  • Wednesday23 (15%)
  • Thursday28 (18%)
  • Friday23 (15%)
  • Saturday26 (17%)
  • Sunday13 (8.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (69%)
  • Dark, no street lighting40 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights lit6 (3.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway152 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (2.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph88 (56%)
  • 40 mph4 (2.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph61 (39%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds120 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (13%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.3%)
  • Other10 (6.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant143 (68%)
  • Motorcyclist29 (14%)
  • Cyclist19 (9%)
  • Pedestrian15 (7.1%)
  • Van occupant2 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wickham Bishops road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wickham Bishops, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wickham Bishops peaked at 10 in 2002; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202539
202445
202300
202269
202112
202022
201923
201824
201700
201624
201534
201433
201334
201222
201111
201022
200923
200846
200734
200600
200545
200433
200322
20021010
200148
200022
199924
199822
199744
199655
199523
199414
199356
1992713
199148
199034
1989712
198844
198756
198633
198566
198422
198388
198277
198111
198067
197924

Map of recent crashes in Wickham Bishops

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wickham Bishops

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wickham Bishops

The 24 most recent collisions in Wickham Bishops happened between 15 June 2015 and 22 November 2025.

Severity

Council areas covering Wickham Bishops

Collisions in Wickham Bishops were recorded in 2 council areas. Maldon has 144 of 156 (92%).

Collisions in Wickham Bishops by council area, 1979 to 2025
RankCouncil areaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stMaldon144191229
2ndBraintree121905

Postcode district for Wickham Bishops

Of the 156 collisions in Wickham Bishops, 154 (99%) were in the CM8 postcode district.