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Rainham South East, Medway, ME8 9EE area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 126 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Rainham South East ward, Medway, from 2001 to 2025, with 150 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 18 were serious.

In 2025 there were 5 collisions here, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
126
6,512th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
150
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the ME8 9EE hotspot

20 of the 126 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal21.6%
  • Serious1814%
  • Slight10684%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
20
Slightly injured
128
All casualties
150

Accidents by year at the ME8 9EE hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 10 in 2004, against an average of 5.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the ME8 9EE hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202433
202345
202267
202136
202066
201956
201800
201711
201611
201545
201455
201366
201246
201145
2010813
200933
200877
200778
200655
200558
20041011
2003912
200255
20011011

Map of crashes at the ME8 9EE hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ME8 9EE.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Rainham South East, Medway, ME8 9EE 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 ME8 9EE 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
Rainham South East
Council area
Medway
Nearest postcode to the centre
ME8 9EE
Postcode district
ME8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.35486, 0.59613
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
10 December 2025
Rank by collisions
6,512th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the ME8 9EE hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A2, with 1 of 126, followed by the A230 with 1.

Collisions at the ME8 9EE hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA21100
2ndA2301100

Towns near the ME8 9EE hotspot

124 of the 126 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Gillingham, Medway.

Accident hotspots near ME8 9EE

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Hempstead & Wigmore, Medway, ME7 3SA area, 1.2 km away, with 217 collisions.

All 126 crashes at the ME8 9EE hotspot

Newest first, from 22 January 2001 to 10 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year