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Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs, Maidstone, ME17 1PA area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 272 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs ward, Maidstone, from 2001 to 2025, with 347 casualties. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 43 were serious.

In 2025 there were 5 collisions here, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
272
2,952nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
347
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
9 in 2024

Crash severity at the ME17 1PA hotspot

49 of the 272 collisions here (18%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal62.2%
  • Serious4316%
  • Slight22382%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
6
Seriously injured
44
Slightly injured
297
All casualties
347

Accidents by year at the ME17 1PA hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 19 in 2009, against an average of 11 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the ME17 1PA hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202499
20231113
20221315
202146
202069
201966
20181323
20171416
20161111
20151113
20141221
2013916
201279
2011910
20101113
20091924
20081623
20071216
20061618
20051318
20041720
200378
20021011
20011114

Map of crashes at the ME17 1PA hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ME17 1PA.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs, Maidstone, ME17 1PA 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 ME17 1PA 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
Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs
Council area
Maidstone
Nearest postcode to the centre
ME17 1PA
Postcode district
ME17
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.26035, 0.61781
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
17 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,952nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the ME17 1PA hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A20, with 122 of 272, followed by the M20 with 120.

Collisions at the ME17 1PA hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA20122147322
2ndM20120161319
3rdB2163222802

Accident hotspots near ME17 1PA

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Boxley Downs, Maidstone, ME14 4NT area, 1.6 km away, with 99 collisions.

All 272 crashes at the ME17 1PA hotspot

Newest first, from 13 February 2001 to 17 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year