Road crashes in Chelmsford

10,708 recorded collisions since 2000.

Chelmsford has recorded 10,708 road collisions since 2000, 170 of them fatal and 2,002 causing serious injury. That makes it the 124th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 20% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 15.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 52% since 2000, from 628 to 300 in 2024. The A12 is the most affected road locally, with 903 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.