Road crashes in Gravesham

6,879 recorded collisions since 2000.

Gravesham has recorded 6,879 road collisions since 2000, 63 of them fatal and 818 causing serious injury. That makes it the 234th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 13% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 9.2 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 40% since 2000, from 331 to 198 in 2024. The A2 is the most affected road locally, with 1,206 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.