Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 23 Dec 2025, 02:25
- 1 vehicle, 3 casualties
Ref 2025461686951
Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Swale, ME9 7JR area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 102 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch ward, Swale, from 2001 to 2025, with 126 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 14 were serious.
In 2025 there were 3 collisions here, down from 4 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 102
- 7,829th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 126
- 1.24 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 2
- 2 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 3
- 4 in 2024
Crash severity at the ME9 7JR hotspot
16 of the 102 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal22%
- Serious1414%
- Slight8684%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 2
- Seriously injured
- 15
- Slightly injured
- 109
- All casualties
- 126
Accidents by year at the ME9 7JR hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2001, against an average of 4.1 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the ME9 7JR hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 |
Map of crashes at the ME9 7JR hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ME9 7JR.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Swale, ME9 7JR 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 ME9 7JR 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
- Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch
- Council area
- Swale
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- ME9 7JR
- Postcode district
- ME9
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 51.3523, 0.66773
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 23 December 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 7,829th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the ME9 7JR hotspot
97 of the 102 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newington.
Accident hotspots near ME9 7JR
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Swale, ME9 8BS area, 2.1 km away, with 230 collisions.
- Bobbing, Iwade and Lower Halstow, Swale, ME9 8BS area2.1 km away, 302 casualties230 collisions
- Borden and Grove Park, Swale, ME9 7QG area2.1 km away, 114 casualties66 collisions
- Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Swale, ME9 7TX area2.5 km away, 101 casualties64 collisions
- Boxley Downs, Maidstone, ME9 7QD area2.7 km away, 799 casualties503 collisions
- Borden and Grove Park, Swale, ME10 1QQ area3.1 km away, 535 casualties406 collisions
- Rainham North, Medway, ME8 8QG area3.1 km away, 133 casualties100 collisions
- Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Swale, ME9 7XD area3.6 km away, 134 casualties81 collisions
- Homewood, Swale, ME10 1XN area4 km away, 145 casualties119 collisions
All 102 crashes at the ME9 7JR hotspot
Newest first, from 6 February 2001 to 23 December 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 24 Sep 2025, 13:19
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025461647764
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A2 in Swale, 6 Mar 2025, 07:29
- Ford Focus and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025461561779
- Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A2 in Swale, 22 Nov 2024, 22:57
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024461520222
- Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Swale, 16 Aug 2024, 22:29
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024461484101
- Serious
Hyundai i10 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 7 Jun 2024, 08:40
- Hyundai i10 and Yamaha MT
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2024461452927
- Slight
Van crash on the A2 in Swale, 5 Mar 2024, 09:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024461419216
- Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A2 in Swale, 23 Oct 2023, 17:52
- Vauxhall Zafira and Skoda Yeti
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023461381158
- Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A2 in Swale, 3 Oct 2023, 17:20
- Mercedes C Class and Skoda Kodiaq
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2023461362354
- Slight
KTM 125 Duke crash on the A2 in Swale, 23 Feb 2023, 07:38
- KTM 125 Duke and Volkswagen Touareg
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023461280839
- Serious
Optare crash on the A2 in Swale, 7 Jan 2023, 16:38
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2023461264699
- Slight
Mazda CX-3 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 25 Feb 2022, 15:20
- Mazda CX-3 and Peugeot 206
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022461149469
- Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A2 in Swale, 27 Nov 2021, 11:18
- Alexander Dennis and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021461116464
- Slight
Ford crash on the A2 in Swale, 25 Nov 2021, 18:00
- Ford and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021461139919
- Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A2 in Swale, 6 Sep 2021, 18:26
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021461097609
- Slight
BMW X1 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 5 Aug 2021, 19:02
- BMW X1 and Audi Q3
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021461076694
- Slight
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 4 Aug 2021, 19:30
- Audi A4 and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021461077705
- Slight
Vehicle crash on the A2 in Swale, 11 Jun 2021, 09:10
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021461056941
- Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 26 Oct 2020, 15:40
- Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020460999401
- Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the A2 in Swale, 22 Oct 2020, 19:17
- Toyota Aygo and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020460994154
- Slight
Mini Cooper crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 21 Apr 2020, 07:08
- Mini Cooper and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020460948127
- Serious
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 17 Apr 2020, 22:10
- A car and another vehicle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020460946594
- Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A2 in Swale, 12 Mar 2020, 12:20
- Citroen Xsara and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020460941252
- Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A2 in Swale, 25 Nov 2019, 09:08
- Ford Mondeo and a minibus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019460903385
- Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A2 in Swale, 20 Nov 2019, 15:50
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019460906042
- Serious
Qingqi QM 125 GY crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 21 Jan 2019, 19:25
- Qingqi QM 125 GY and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019460356399
- Slight
Yamaha YZF R125 crash on the A2 in Swale, 21 Jan 2019, 13:20
- Yamaha YZF R125 and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019460356402
- Slight
Vehicle crash on the A2 in Swale, 4 Nov 2018, 00:40
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2018460350879
- Slight
BMW crash on the A2 in Swale, 2 May 2018, 10:08
- BMW and Peugeot 206
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018460292626
- Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 18 Apr 2018, 16:01
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018460287303
- Fatal
Lorry crash on the A2 in Swale, 5 Apr 2018, 16:55
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018460282644
- Slight
Peugeot Kisbee crash on the A2 in Swale, 13 Nov 2017, 10:33
- Peugeot Kisbee and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017460240070
- Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 7 Nov 2017, 17:27
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017460239160
- Slight
Audi TT crash on the A2 in Swale, 11 Sep 2017, 17:00
- Audi TT, Vauxhall Zafira and Hyundai Santa Fe
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017460223881
- Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Swale, 4 Aug 2017, 17:07
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017460210978
- Fatal
Car crash on the A2 in Swale, 18 May 2017, 21:55
- 1 vehicle, 4 casualties
Ref 2017460183234
- Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 30 Mar 2017, 09:13
- Mercedes A Class and a minibus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017460171897
- Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A2 in Swale, 27 Dec 2016, 21:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016460143215
- Slight
Ford KA crash on the A2 in Swale, 28 Sep 2016, 08:10
- Ford KA and Nissan Micra
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016460114222
- Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A2 in Swale, 5 Aug 2016, 06:45
- A motorcycle and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016460097700
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A2 in Swale, 8 Jul 2016, 17:00
- Vauxhall Corsa and Kia Sorento
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016460087630
- Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 15 Jun 2016, 15:52
- Volkswagen Caddy and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016460077855
- Serious
Fiat Panda crash on the A2 in Swale, 29 Sep 2015, 08:45
- Fiat Panda and Qingqi QM 125 GY
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015460262079
- Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A2 in Swale, 23 Oct 2014, 07:50
- Suzuki GSF 600 and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014460248709
- Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A2 in Swale, 3 Sep 2014, 15:34
- Renault Megane and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014460246349
- Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 6 Aug 2014, 19:47
- Volkswagen Passat and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014460245186
- Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Swale, 10 Jul 2014, 14:15
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014460244347
- Slight
Car crash on the A2 in Swale, 1 Jul 2013, 12:50
- A car and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2013460229268