Road crashes in Uttlesford

5,714 recorded collisions since 2000.

Uttlesford has recorded 5,714 road collisions since 2000, 109 of them fatal and 1,269 causing serious injury. That makes it the 276th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 24% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 19.1 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 56% since 2000, from 430 to 188 in 2024. The M11 is the most affected road locally, with 1,192 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.