Road crashes in Canterbury

9,656 recorded collisions since 2000.

Canterbury has recorded 9,656 road collisions since 2000, 138 of them fatal and 1,343 causing serious injury. That makes it the 144th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 14.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 41% since 2000, from 467 to 276 in 2024. The A28 is the most affected road locally, with 1,545 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.