Road crashes in Brentwood

5,349 recorded collisions since 2000.

Brentwood has recorded 5,349 road collisions since 2000, 74 of them fatal and 942 causing serious injury. That makes it the 292nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 13.8 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 74% since 2000, from 381 to 99 in 2024. The A128 is the most affected road locally, with 764 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.