Road crashes in Tonbridge and Malling

9,522 recorded collisions since 2000.

Tonbridge and Malling has recorded 9,522 road collisions since 2000, 148 of them fatal and 1,290 causing serious injury. That makes it the 149th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 15.5 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 53% since 2000, from 510 to 239 in 2024. The M20 is the most affected road locally, with 1,257 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.