Road crashes in Tunbridge Wells

7,685 recorded collisions since 2000.

Tunbridge Wells has recorded 7,685 road collisions since 2000, 108 of them fatal and 1,260 causing serious injury. That makes it the 197th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 14.1 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 63% since 2000, from 468 to 173 in 2024. The A26 is the most affected road locally, with 1,039 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.