Road crashes in Maldon

3,617 recorded collisions since 2000.

Maldon has recorded 3,617 road collisions since 2000, 70 of them fatal and 831 causing serious injury. That makes it the 330th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 25% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 19.4 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 57% since 2000, from 210 to 90 in 2024. The B1018 is the most affected road locally, with 423 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.