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Princes Park, Medway, ME5 8LR area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 72 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Princes Park ward, Medway, from 2001 to 2025, with 106 casualties. Of those collisions, 15 were serious and none fatal.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
72
10,500th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
106
1.47 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the ME5 8LR hotspot

15 of the 72 collisions here (21%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1521%
  • Slight5779%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
17
Slightly injured
89
All casualties
106

Accidents by year at the ME5 8LR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2002, against an average of 2.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.

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

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202434
202312
202235
202123
202000
201925
201844
201722
201623
2015613
2014610
201333
201259
201133
201045
200911
200834
200711
200634
200511
200422
200323
2002914
200133

Map of crashes at the ME5 8LR hotspot

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

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Princes Park, Medway, ME5 8LR 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 ME5 8LR 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 8LR
Postcode district
ME5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.35302, 0.54179
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
24 December 2025
Rank by collisions
10,500th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the ME5 8LR hotspot

48 of the 72 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Chatham.

Accident hotspots near ME5 8LR

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Wayfield & Weeds Wood, Medway, ME5 0JT area, 1.1 km away, with 191 collisions.

All 72 crashes at the ME5 8LR hotspot

Newest first, from 7 June 2001 to 24 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year