Road crashes in Kingston upon Thames

8,937 recorded collisions since 2000.

Kingston upon Thames has recorded 8,937 road collisions since 2000, 55 of them fatal and 1,295 causing serious injury. That makes it the 162nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 6.2 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 41% since 2000, from 486 to 289 in 2024. The A2043 is the most affected road locally, with 1,173 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.