This post tallies up the deaths, other casualties, drink/drug offences and others for 2021 in Essex alone. Below are the monthly stats with 2020 figures in brackets.
| Deaths | Casualties | Phone | Drink | Drug | Seatbelt | |
| Jan | 2 (1) | 47 (60) | 25 (49) | 85 (116) | 131 (144) | 254 (606) |
| Feb | 1 (6) | 34 (62) | 37 (41) | 63 (131) | 114 (145) | 257 (781) |
| March | 2 (4) | 47 (50) | 41 (11) | 67 (99) | 124 (160) | 162 (260) |
| April | 5 (2) | 50 (25) | 39 (18) | 125 (86) | 102 (266) | 139 (43) |
| May | 2 (5) | 61 (51) | 31 (37) | 139 (127) | 72 (331) | 190 (102) |
| June | 2 (7) | 60 (52) | 44 (49) | 118 (88) | 77 (277) | 216 (837) |
| July | 5 (6) | 80 (55) | 34 (58) | 128 (142) | 71 (257) | 316 (798) |
| August | 6 (7) | 68 (80) | 38 (46) | 131 (140) | 71 (156) | 220 (512) |
| Sept | 5 (4) | 65 (61) | 42 (50) | 114 (110) | 72 (146) | 236 (450) |
| Oct | 6 (4) | 68 (52) | 44 (45) | 136 (121) | 70 (130) | 235 (429) |
| Nov | 3 (2) | 95 (50) | 30 (33) | 133 (81) | 77 (199) | 225 (405) |
| Dec | 5 (5) | 55 (51) | 25 (28) | 130 (113) | 103 (135) | 148 (319) |
| TOTAL | 44 (53) | 730 (649) | 427 (465) | 1369 (1354) | 1084 (2346) | 2598 (5542) |
In 2021, 44 people lost their lives on Essex’s roads – about 3.5 people a month. This at least fewer than 2020 but we’re still hovering around one person a week dying on the county’s roads. That’s one family devastated every week.
Whilst deaths were down, casualties were up from 649 to 730, around 61 people per month. Phone offences were about the same and so was drink driving; although drug driving is much lower than 2020 – not sure as to why. Seatbelt offences are also way down – if I were cynical I would say perhaps the police are not doing as many enforcement exercises in that area.
In any event, we still have around one person dying every week in one county. Is this an acceptable number of deaths?
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