Road crashes in Southend-on-Sea

10,619 recorded collisions since 2000.

Southend-on-Sea has recorded 10,619 road collisions since 2000, 74 of them fatal and 1,681 causing serious injury. That makes it the 128th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 7 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 62% since 2000, from 745 to 280 in 2024. The A13 is the most affected road locally, with 1,943 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.