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CT8 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 765 road traffic collisions in the CT8 postcode district, Thanet, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,034 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 21 were fatal and 137 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
765
2,293rd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,034
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
21
21 people killed
Serious collisions
137
145 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for CT8

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal212.7%
  • Serious13718%
  • Slight60779%

What the data shows

  • CT8 had 98 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 146 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in CT8 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 189 children under 16 were killed or injured in CT8, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in CT8.

Where CT8 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,293rd
Most casualties
2,308th
Most fatal collisions
2,133rd
Most serious collisions
2,379th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday103 (13%)
  • Tuesday111 (15%)
  • Wednesday111 (15%)
  • Thursday117 (15%)
  • Friday137 (18%)
  • Saturday97 (13%)
  • Sunday89 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight546 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit182 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway424 (55%)
  • Dual carriageway334 (44%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.4%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph385 (50%)
  • 40 mph334 (44%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph41 (5.4%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds617 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds100 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other13 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded14 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant607 (59%)
  • Pedestrian197 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist120 (12%)
  • Cyclist65 (6.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

CT8 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in CT8, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in CT8 peaked at 28 in 1984; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251012
202489
20231013
2022811
20211115
20201321
2019910
201889
2017711
20161422
20151625
20141421
20131416
20121117
20111118
20101821
20091011
20081523
20071819
20061934
20052226
20041822
20031925
20021922
20011624
20002031
19991823
19982231
19972128
19962332
19951113
19941728
19931531
19921720
19911520
19901325
19891820
19881016
19872634
19862429
19852028
19842835
19832127
19822632
19811925
19802628
19791721

Map of recent crashes in CT8

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in CT8

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in CT8

The 24 most recent collisions in CT8 happened between 5 July 2023 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in CT8

The A28 has the most collisions in CT8, 371 of 765 (48%), followed by the B2049 (30).

Collisions in CT8 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA283715111871
2ndB2049304427
3rdB2051303708

Council area for CT8

CT8 is in Thanet, where police recorded 19,901 collisions from 1979 to 2025. CT8 accounts for 3.8% of them.

Town in CT8

Of the 765 collisions in CT8, 618 (81%) were in Margate.