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

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
289
2,742nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
404
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
9
Down 18% on 2024

Crash severity at the ME5 9SQ hotspot

37 of the 289 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal41.4%
  • Serious3311%
  • Slight25287%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
35
Slightly injured
365
All casualties
404

Accidents by year at the ME5 9SQ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 18 in 2017, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

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

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025914
20241112
2023711
20221621
2021814
20201021
2019913
20181017
20171824
20161318
2015912
20141617
2013914
20121421
20111315
20101723
2009916
20081317
20071115
2006810
20051524
20041519
20031316
2002910
2001710

Map of crashes at the ME5 9SQ hotspot

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

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

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the ME5 9SQ 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 9SQ
Postcode district
ME5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.35387, 0.50404
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
13 November 2025
Rank by collisions
2,742nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the ME5 9SQ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A229, with 95 of 289, followed by the M2 with 74.

Collisions at the ME5 9SQ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2299513418
2ndM274115215
3rdB2097335103
4thA230202301
5thA11100
6thA2281200

Towns near the ME5 9SQ hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Rochester had the most collisions, 89 of 289.

All 289 crashes at the ME5 9SQ hotspot

Newest first, from 10 January 2001 to 13 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year