Police investigation following collision involving car and pedestrian in Westcliff
A man was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition
Essex Police says an investigation is continuing at pace following a serious collision involving a car and a pedestrian in Westcliff.
Officers say they are now in a position to appeal to the public and are releasing CCTV images to assist their ongoing enquiries.
Officers were called at around 7.30am on Thursday (16 April 2026) to Crowstone Road, Westcliff.
It was reported that a white Mercedes C‑Class car, registration YD14 OHT, had been involved in a collision with a man before the vehicle left the area.
The man, aged in his 40s, received immediate treatment from members of the public, officers and ambulance service colleagues.
Police say he was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.
The Mercedes was found abandoned in Britannia Road a short time later, and has since been recovered and forensically examined.
Police enquiries established that the car had been stolen from an address in Sutton Road, Southend, during the early hours of the morning, at around 1am.
Essex Police are releasing an image of the vehicle and are asking anyone who saw it in the vicinity of the roads mentioned on Thursday 16 April to get in touch with them.
Equally, if you have any dash‑cam, CCTV or doorbell footage showing the vehicle, or anything else of relevance from that day, police would like to hear from you.
You can call police on 101, or use their Live Chat service, citing incident 177 of 16 April.