Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 9 Sep 2025, 08:23
- Vauxhall Astra and Audi Q3
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025461639122
Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Swale, ME9 7XD area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 81 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch ward, Swale, from 2001 to 2025, with 134 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 9 were serious.
In 2025 there were 2 collisions here, the same as in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 81
- 9,521st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 134
- 1.65 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 2
- 2 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 2
- 2 in 2024
Crash severity at the ME9 7XD hotspot
11 of the 81 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal22.5%
- Serious911%
- Slight7086%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 2
- Seriously injured
- 12
- Slightly injured
- 120
- All casualties
- 134
Accidents by year at the ME9 7XD hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 11 in 2019, against an average of 3.2 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the ME9 7XD hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 2
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 11 | 24 |
| 2018 | 5 | 9 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 5 | 6 |
Map of crashes at the ME9 7XD hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ME9 7XD.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Swale, ME9 7XD 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 7XD 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 7XD
- Postcode district
- ME9
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 51.3416, 0.61907
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 24 of 25
- Latest collision
- 9 September 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 9,521st of 12,033 hotspots
Accident hotspots near ME9 7XD
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Rainham South East, Medway, ME8 9LU area, 1.3 km away, with 202 collisions.
- Rainham South East, Medway, ME8 9LU area1.3 km away, 277 casualties202 collisions
- Hartlip, Newington and Upchurch, Swale, ME9 7TX area1.4 km away, 101 casualties64 collisions
- Rainham South East, Medway, ME8 9EE area2.2 km away, 150 casualties126 collisions
- Rainham North, Medway, ME8 8QG area2.2 km away, 133 casualties100 collisions
- Rainham South West, Medway, ME8 7JJ area2.5 km away, 432 casualties358 collisions
- Hempstead & Wigmore, Medway, ME8 0LY area2.6 km away, 504 casualties347 collisions
- Hempstead & Wigmore, Medway, ME8 0TH area2.8 km away, 88 casualties67 collisions
- Boxley Downs, Maidstone, ME9 7QH area3.1 km away, 170 casualties107 collisions
All 81 crashes at the ME9 7XD hotspot
Newest first, from 22 February 2001 to 9 September 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Audi Q5 crash on the M2 in Swale, 12 May 2025, 17:25
- Audi Q5 and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025461589598
- Slight
Audi A4 crash on the M2 in Swale, 11 Jun 2024, 17:15
- Audi A4 and Vauxhall Mokka
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024461462475
- Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the M2 in Medway, 8 Feb 2024, 23:23
- Nissan Qashqai and Scania
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2024461407835
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M2 in Swale, 13 Aug 2023, 11:22
- Volkswagen Polo and Land Rover Range Rover Sport
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2023461341992
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M2 in Medway, 23 Feb 2023, 17:30
- Ford Transit Custom, Volvo XC40 and Kia Sportage
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023461280891
- Serious
Ford Transit crash on the M2 in Swale, 27 Sep 2022, 05:55
- Ford Transit and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022461229792
- Slight
Ford C-Max crash on the M2 in Medway, 17 Aug 2022, 17:20
- Ford C-Max and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022461215560
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M2 in Swale, 22 May 2022, 11:15
- Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Qashqai
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2022461185179
- Slight
Audi A3 crash on the M2 in Swale, 21 Apr 2022, 08:07
- Audi A3, Toyota Hilux and a car
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022461170870
- Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the M2 in Swale, 25 Dec 2021, 18:49
- Land Rover Discovery, Honda Jazz, Vauxhall Astra, Ford Focus and another vehicle
- 5 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2021461131253
- Slight
Ford S-Max crash on the M2 in Swale, 22 Nov 2021, 07:57
- Ford S-Max, Toyota Yaris, Ford Focus, Jaguar F-Pace and another vehicle
- 5 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2021461116201
- Slight
Mercedes V Class crash on the M2 in Swale, 20 May 2021, 22:45
- Mercedes V Class and Mercedes C Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021461105369
- Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on the M2 in Swale, 25 Jun 2020, 13:40
- Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Audi A5
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020460961222
- Slight
Lexus IS250 crash on the M2 in Swale, 25 May 2020, 11:53
- Lexus IS250, Audi Q2 and BMW 5 Series
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020460955062
- Slight
Porsche 911 crash on the M2 in Medway, 30 Apr 2020, 18:06
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020460950447
- Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Medway, 1 Dec 2019, 08:10
- 1 vehicle, 3 casualties
Ref 2019460906624
- Slight
Minibus crash on the M2 in Swale, 15 Nov 2019, 21:17
- A minibus and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019460903435
- Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on the M2 in Swale, 11 Nov 2019, 07:27
- Peugeot 3008, Mini Cooper, Vauxhall Corsa and a car
- 4 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2019460900837
- Fatal
BMW 5 Series crash on the M2 in Medway, 8 Oct 2019, 13:30
- BMW 5 Series, DAF Trucks and BMW 3 Series
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2019460885751
- Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the M2 in Medway, 26 Aug 2019, 09:40
- Citroen C4, Audi Q7 and Skoda Kodiaq
- 3 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2019460875064
- Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M2 in Swale, 23 Jul 2019, 15:13
- DAF Trucks and 2 lorries
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019460863049
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M2 in Medway, 18 Jul 2019, 15:18
- Ford Transit Custom, Audi A4 and Volkswagen Polo
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2019460863532
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M2 in Swale, 19 Jun 2019, 11:00
- Ford Transit Custom and Toyota Auris
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019460857567
- Slight
Ford KA crash on the M2 in Swale, 13 Jun 2019, 17:00
- Ford KA and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019460853363
- Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the M2 in Swale, 7 May 2019, 09:37
- Volkswagen Caddy, Renault Trucks Master and Toyota Auris
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019460841171
- Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M2 in Swale, 7 Mar 2019, 13:04
- Volkswagen Polo, Seat Altea and a lorry
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019460828965
- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M2 in Swale, 22 Nov 2018, 15:14
- Ford Mondeo and a van
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018460350165
- Slight
Lexus RX300 crash on the M2 in Medway, 30 Oct 2018, 00:46
- Lexus RX300 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018460343658
- Slight
Nissan Note crash on the M2 in Swale, 25 Oct 2018, 09:14
- Nissan Note, 2 cars and a lorry
- 4 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2018460340067
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M2 in Swale, 17 Sep 2018, 07:27
- Ford Transit Custom and Vauxhall Astravan
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018460332682
- Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the M2 in Medway, 30 Jan 2018, 22:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018460265452
- Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the M2 in Medway, 2 Dec 2017, 01:23
- Nissan Qashqai and Peugeot Partner
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017460250386
- Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the M2 in Swale, 4 Nov 2017, 08:33
- Volvo XC90 and Vauxhall Mokka
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017460238134
- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the M2 in Swale, 5 Aug 2017, 15:30
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2017460210490
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M2 in Swale, 9 Nov 2016, 07:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016460127738
- Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the M2 in Swale, 1 Sep 2016, 17:27
- BMW 5 Series and Ford C-Max
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016460103291
- Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the M2 in Swale, 25 Jan 2016, 06:25
- Volkswagen Caddy and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016460042388
- Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M2 in Swale, 15 Jul 2015, 00:10
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015460259745
- Slight
Renault Megane crash on the M2 in Swale, 22 Apr 2015, 09:41
- Renault Megane and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015460255995
- Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the M2 in Swale, 3 Oct 2014, 07:24
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2014460247947
- Serious
Iveco-Ford crash on the M2 in Swale, 3 Aug 2014, 17:46
- Iveco-Ford and BMW 3 Series
- 2 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 2014460245140
- Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the M2 in Medway, 11 May 2014, 13:45
- Peugeot 206 and Vauxhall Astra
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2014460241563
- Slight
Chevrolet Aveo crash on the M2 in Swale, 7 Jul 2013, 10:07
- Chevrolet Aveo, BMW 1 Series, Toyota RAV4 and Skoda Octavia
- 4 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2013460229623
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M2 in Medway, 22 Sep 2012, 13:18
- Ford Fiesta and Mercedes CLK Class
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2012460218655
- Serious
Kawasaki EX250 crash on the M2 in Swale, 18 Aug 2012, 10:00
- Kawasaki EX250 and Porsche 911
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2012460217239
- Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 13 Jun 2011, 16:10
- Peugeot 207 and Nissan Pixo
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2011460201298
- Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Swale, 7 May 2011, 16:14
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2011460199923