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TN1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,909 road traffic collisions in the TN1 postcode district, Tunbridge Wells, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,210 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 19 were fatal and 337 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 18 collisions, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,909
1,798th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,210
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
19
19 people killed
Serious collisions
337
350 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
18
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
18
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TN1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal191%
  • Serious33718%
  • Slight1,55381%

What the data shows

  • TN1 had 232 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 347 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in TN1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 219 children under 16 were killed or injured in TN1, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in TN1.

Where TN1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,798th
Most casualties
1,930th
Most fatal collisions
2,186th
Most serious collisions
1,912th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday261 (14%)
  • Tuesday259 (14%)
  • Wednesday278 (15%)
  • Thursday301 (16%)
  • Friday356 (19%)
  • Saturday294 (15%)
  • Sunday160 (8.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,335 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit516 (27%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit32 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,686 (88%)
  • Roundabout99 (5.2%)
  • One way street or slip road83 (4.3%)
  • Dual carriageway31 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph20 (1%)
  • 30 mph1,876 (98%)
  • 40 mph8 (0.4%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph4 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,447 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds333 (17%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other41 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded52 (2.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant755 (34%)
  • Pedestrian746 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist354 (16%)
  • Cyclist244 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant61 (2.8%)
  • Van occupant27 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TN1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TN1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TN1 peaked at 72 in 1981; 2025 had 18.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251818
20241417
20232731
20222633
20212025
20201515
20192327
20183235
20172832
20162931
20152731
20142932
20134255
20122737
20112833
20103234
20093644
20084052
20075065
20063643
20053647
20043137
20034145
20023843
20014650
20004656
19994555
19984954
19975760
19965157
19953543
19944148
19934148
19923844
19913030
19905155
19895254
19884951
19875367
19865361
19856066
19846680
19835667
19826677
19817284
19806367
19796474

Map of recent crashes in TN1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TN1

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TN1

The 24 most recent collisions in TN1 happened between 28 July 2024 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TN1

The A26 has the most collisions in TN1, 792 of 1,909 (41%), followed by the A264 (296).

Collisions in TN1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA267929457143
2ndA264296336457
3rdB20235761210
4thA2679901

Council area for TN1

TN1 is in Tunbridge Wells, where police recorded 17,128 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TN1 accounts for 11% of them.

Town in TN1

Of the 1,909 collisions in TN1, 1,692 (89%) were in Royal Tunbridge Wells.