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Fort Horsted, Medway, ME5 9SD area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
136
6,094th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
188
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
2
Down 80% on 2024

Crash severity at the ME5 9SD hotspot

8 of the 136 collisions here (5.9%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious75.1%
  • Slight12894%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
9
Slightly injured
178
All casualties
188

Accidents by year at the ME5 9SD hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 13 in 2013, against an average of 5.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the ME5 9SD hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
20241022
202312
202224
202135
202033
201979
2018810
20171013
201656
2015813
2014811
20131319
201257
201124
201056
200947
200823
200744
200679
200555
200478
200322
2002910
200144

Map of crashes at the ME5 9SD hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ME5 9SD.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Fort Horsted, Medway, ME5 9SD area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the ME5 9SD 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
Fort Horsted
Council area
Medway
Nearest postcode to the centre
ME5 9SD
Postcode district
ME5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.34502, 0.50794
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
7 July 2025
Rank by collisions
6,094th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the ME5 9SD hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A229, with 41 of 136, followed by the M2 with 35.

Collisions at the ME5 9SD hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA229415202
2ndM2356403
3rdB2097101410
4thA20452300

Towns near the ME5 9SD hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Chatham had the most collisions, 45 of 136.

All 136 crashes at the ME5 9SD hotspot

Newest first, from 1 April 2001 to 7 July 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year