Road crashes in Harlow

3,539 recorded collisions since 2000.

Harlow has recorded 3,539 road collisions since 2000, 42 of them fatal and 639 causing serious injury. That makes it the 333rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.9 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 47% since 2000, from 218 to 115 in 2024. The A414 is the most affected road locally, with 545 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.