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Chatham Central & Brompton, Medway, ME7 5SW area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
430
1,575th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
560
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
15
Up 50% on 2024

Crash severity at the ME7 5SW hotspot

48 of the 430 collisions here (11%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious4811%
  • Slight38289%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
51
Slightly injured
509
All casualties
560

Accidents by year at the ME7 5SW hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 34 in 2005, against an average of 17 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the ME7 5SW hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251518
20241010
2023910
20221414
20211722
202089
20191313
20181927
20172132
20161930
20151823
20141417
20132431
20121824
20111420
20101118
20092024
20082027
20072429
20061827
20053450
20041924
20031821
20021621
20011719

Map of crashes at the ME7 5SW hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ME7 5SW.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Chatham Central & Brompton, Medway, ME7 5SW area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the ME7 5SW hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Chatham Central & Brompton
Council area
Medway
Nearest postcode to the centre
ME7 5SW
Postcode district
ME7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.39539, 0.53494
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
10 November 2025
Rank by collisions
1,575th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the ME7 5SW hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A231, with 87 of 430, followed by the A289 with 64.

Collisions at the ME7 5SW hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA23187112012
2ndA289648203
3rdB2004324504
4thA24600
5thA2282200
6thA2301100
7thA2781100
8thA311100
9thB20001200

Towns near the ME7 5SW hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Gillingham, Medway had the most collisions, 382 of 430.

All 430 crashes at the ME7 5SW hotspot

Newest first, from 22 January 2001 to 10 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year