The A13: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 366 people were killed or seriously injured in 337 collisions on the A13, making it the 20th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
337
serious or fatal collisions
366
people killed or seriously injured
20
collisions that took a life
#20
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A13 carries 1,870 recorded injury collisions over the period, 337 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Tower Hamlets, Newham, Southend-on-Sea, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 6%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2023 with 77 serious collisions, and the count is down 16% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A13
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Tower Hamlets97 KSI
- Newham58 KSI
- Southend-on-Sea48 KSI
- Thurrock45 KSI
- Barking and Dagenham36 KSI
- Castle Point20 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A13
2025: 59 (down 9.2% on the year before) · peak 77 in 2023 · -15.7% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A13
How many accidents happen on the A13?
Police recorded 1,870 injury collisions on the A13 over 2021–2025, of which 337 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 366 people killed or seriously injured, including 20 fatal collisions.
Is the A13 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 20 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 17 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A13 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Tower Hamlets, Newham, Southend-on-Sea. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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