Road crashes in Rochford

4,120 recorded collisions since 2000.

Rochford has recorded 4,120 road collisions since 2000, 46 of them fatal and 720 causing serious injury. That makes it the 324th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.2 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 72% since 2000, from 315 to 88 in 2024. The A129 is the most affected road locally, with 471 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.