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Westgate, Canterbury, CT2 8LJ area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 293 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Westgate ward, Canterbury, from 2001 to 2025, with 336 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 48 were serious.

In 2025 there were 14 collisions here, up from 11 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
293
2,693rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
336
1.15 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
14
Up 27% on 2024

Crash severity at the CT2 8LJ hotspot

51 of the 293 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal31%
  • Serious4816%
  • Slight24283%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
50
Slightly injured
283
All casualties
336

Accidents by year at the CT2 8LJ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 19 in 2022, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the CT2 8LJ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251414
20241112
20231216
20221919
20211516
202045
2019712
201833
20171415
20161011
20151414
20141820
201377
20121012
201199
20101316
20091623
20081010
2007912
20061011
20051416
20041417
20031517
20021113
20011416

Map of crashes at the CT2 8LJ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near CT2 8LJ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Westgate, Canterbury, CT2 8LJ area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the CT2 8LJ 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
Westgate
Council area
Canterbury
Nearest postcode to the centre
CT2 8LJ
Postcode district
CT2
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.28438, 1.06703
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
7 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,693rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the CT2 8LJ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A290, with 117 of 293, followed by the A2050 with 59.

Collisions at the CT2 8LJ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA290117128023
2ndA2050597437

Towns near the CT2 8LJ hotspot

247 of the 293 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Canterbury.

Accident hotspots near CT2 8LJ

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Westgate, Canterbury, CT1 2SH area, 1.2 km away, with 1,032 collisions.

All 293 crashes at the CT2 8LJ hotspot

Newest first, from 20 February 2001 to 7 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year