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Watling, Medway, ME7 4JG area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
468
1,359th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
576
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
16
Up 7% on 2024

Crash severity at the ME7 4JG hotspot

66 of the 468 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal51.1%
  • Serious6113%
  • Slight40286%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
63
Slightly injured
508
All casualties
576

Accidents by year at the ME7 4JG hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 26 in 2014, against an average of 19 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the ME7 4JG hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251616
20241515
20232326
20221717
20211925
20201217
20191515
20181624
20171215
20162124
20151521
20142632
20132125
20122230
20111619
20102225
20091114
20081520
20072631
20062235
20052026
20042227
20032123
20022123
20012231

Map of crashes at the ME7 4JG hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ME7 4JG.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Watling, Medway, ME7 4JG 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 ME7 4JG 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
Watling
Council area
Medway
Nearest postcode to the centre
ME7 4JG
Postcode district
ME7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.37611, 0.55972
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
16 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,359th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the ME7 4JG hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A2, with 170 of 468, followed by the A289 with 3.

Collisions at the ME7 4JG hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2170219217
2ndA2893310
3rdA2312200

Towns near the ME7 4JG hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Gillingham, Medway had the most collisions, 380 of 468.

All 468 crashes at the ME7 4JG hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 16 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year