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Princes Park, Medway, ME5 7SS area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 237 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Princes Park ward, Medway, from 2001 to 2025, with 318 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 32 were serious.

In 2025 there were 4 collisions here, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
237
3,525th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
318
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
4
6 in 2024

Crash severity at the ME5 7SS hotspot

33 of the 237 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious3214%
  • Slight20486%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
35
Slightly injured
282
All casualties
318

Accidents by year at the ME5 7SS hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 16 in 2018, against an average of 9.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the ME5 7SS hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202467
2023611
20221114
2021810
202045
2019812
20181618
20171114
20161019
201557
2014914
20131216
201279
20111011
201067
20091216
20081215
20071018
2006911
20051622
2004913
200379
20021620
20011316

Map of crashes at the ME5 7SS hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ME5 7SS.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Princes Park, Medway, ME5 7SS area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the ME5 7SS 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
Princes Park
Council area
Medway
Nearest postcode to the centre
ME5 7SS
Postcode district
ME5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.36456, 0.54737
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
8 August 2025
Rank by collisions
3,525th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the ME5 7SS hotspot

156 of the 237 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Chatham.

Accident hotspots near ME5 7SS

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Gillingham South, Medway, ME7 5PJ area, 1.2 km away, with 964 collisions.

All 237 crashes at the ME5 7SS hotspot

Newest first, from 9 January 2001 to 8 August 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year