Road crashes in Maidstone

11,887 recorded collisions since 2000.

Maidstone has recorded 11,887 road collisions since 2000, 151 of them fatal and 1,654 causing serious injury. That makes it the 102nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 12.7 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 44% since 2000, from 548 to 305 in 2024. The A229 is the most affected road locally, with 1,926 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.