Road crashes in Epping Forest

11,288 recorded collisions since 2000.

Epping Forest has recorded 11,288 road collisions since 2000, 231 of them fatal and 2,190 causing serious injury. That makes it the 116th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 21% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 20.5 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 57% since 2000, from 703 to 302 in 2024. The M11 is the most affected road locally, with 1,334 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.