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Lordswood & Walderslade, Medway, ME5 8NX area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 147 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Lordswood & Walderslade ward, Medway, from 2001 to 2025, with 207 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 19 were serious.

In 2025 there were 4 collisions here, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
147
5,657th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
207
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the ME5 8NX hotspot

20 of the 147 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious1913%
  • Slight12786%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
20
Slightly injured
186
All casualties
207

Accidents by year at the ME5 8NX hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 10 in 2006, against an average of 5.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the ME5 8NX hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202412
202312
202246
202133
202059
201956
201846
201736
201633
201569
201456
2013814
2012812
201157
2010810
2009912
200879
2007810
20061017
2005811
2004912
200378
200277
2001916

Map of crashes at the ME5 8NX hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ME5 8NX.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Lordswood & Walderslade, Medway, ME5 8NX 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 8NX 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
Lordswood & Walderslade
Council area
Medway
Nearest postcode to the centre
ME5 8NX
Postcode district
ME5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.34197, 0.54273
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
23 September 2025
Rank by collisions
5,657th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the ME5 8NX hotspot

122 of the 147 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Chatham.

Accident hotspots near ME5 8NX

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Princes Park, Medway, ME5 8LR area, 1.2 km away, with 72 collisions.

All 147 crashes at the ME5 8NX hotspot

Newest first, from 13 February 2001 to 23 September 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year