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Writtle road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 339 road traffic collisions in Writtle, Chelmsford, from 1979 to 2025, and 429 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 82 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
339
1,450th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
429
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
82
90 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Writtle

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.9%
  • Serious8224%
  • Slight25475%

What the data shows

  • Writtle had 40 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 49 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Writtle were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 64 children under 16 were killed or injured in Writtle, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Writtle.

Where Writtle ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,450th
Most casualties
1,459th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,288th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (14%)
  • Tuesday55 (16%)
  • Wednesday63 (19%)
  • Thursday45 (13%)
  • Friday53 (16%)
  • Saturday46 (14%)
  • Sunday29 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight270 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit55 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (3.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway329 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph269 (79%)
  • 40 mph27 (8%)
  • 60 mph42 (12%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds273 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (11%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other15 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant235 (55%)
  • Pedestrian66 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (14%)
  • Cyclist54 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Writtle road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Writtle, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Writtle peaked at 16 in 1987; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202445
202322
202245
202156
202048
201933
201844
201744
201645
201546
201456
201366
201245
201144
201044
200933
200866
200778
200668
2005810
20041012
2003610
200223
200168
200046
199912
1998810
1997911
19961217
1995910
19941317
1993811
19921115
199179
199077
19891314
19881116
19871617
19861013
19851114
19841318
19831215
1982813
19811518
1980713
19791316

Map of recent crashes in Writtle

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Writtle

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Writtle

The 24 most recent collisions in Writtle happened between 3 December 2020 and 10 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Writtle

The A414 has the most collisions in Writtle, 73 of 339 (22%), followed by the A122 (30).

Collisions in Writtle on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA41473106224
2ndA1223035011
3rdA10163300

Council area for Writtle

Writtle is in Chelmsford, where police recorded 25,575 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Writtle accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Writtle

All 339 collisions in Writtle were in the CM1 postcode district.