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CT17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,820 road traffic collisions in the CT17 postcode district, Dover, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,525 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 30 were fatal and 469 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 26 collisions, down 21% on 2024 (33).

Collisions since 1979
2,820
1,382nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
3,525
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
30
33 people killed
Serious collisions
469
513 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
26
Down 21% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
34
Down 15% on 2024

Road collision statistics for CT17

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal301.1%
  • Serious46917%
  • Slight2,32182%

What the data shows

  • CT17 had 348 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 479 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in CT17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 633 children under 16 were killed or injured in CT17, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in CT17.

Where CT17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,382nd
Most casualties
1,479th
Most fatal collisions
1,849th
Most serious collisions
1,580th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday434 (15%)
  • Tuesday387 (14%)
  • Wednesday417 (15%)
  • Thursday445 (16%)
  • Friday500 (18%)
  • Saturday363 (13%)
  • Sunday274 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,102 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit629 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting40 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown27 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit22 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,014 (71%)
  • One way street or slip road294 (10%)
  • Roundabout275 (9.8%)
  • Dual carriageway227 (8%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph2,475 (88%)
  • 40 mph213 (7.6%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph50 (1.8%)
  • 70 mph64 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,237 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds382 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist19 (0.7%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other49 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded80 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,626 (46%)
  • Pedestrian840 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist546 (15%)
  • Cyclist280 (7.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant96 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant53 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)31 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant20 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

CT17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in CT17, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in CT17 peaked at 106 in 1984; 2025 had 26.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 26
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252634
20243340
20233137
20224151
20213141
20202229
20192233
20184977
20174962
20164456
20154662
20144261
20134453
20125062
20114757
20104963
20095059
20085778
20074965
20064549
20055782
20044966
20035469
20026079
200174102
20006485
19996474
199877102
19977387
19967594
19955972
19946884
199359100
19927787
19917691
19908595
19898294
19887283
198782102
19868296
19858196
1984106120
19838396
198285104
19818096
19808096
197989104

Map of recent crashes in CT17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in CT17

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in CT17

The 24 most recent collisions in CT17 happened between 28 January and 13 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in CT17

The A20 has the most collisions in CT17, 870 of 2,820 (31%), followed by the A256 (664).

Collisions in CT17 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA208701,16019145
2ndA2566648224100
3rdB2011121158113
4thB2060212505
5thA26701

Council area for CT17

CT17 is in Dover, where police recorded 16,823 collisions from 1979 to 2025. CT17 accounts for 17% of them.

Town in CT17

Of the 2,820 collisions in CT17, 2,559 (91%) were in Dover.