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Ash (Dover) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 112 road traffic collisions in Ash, Dover, from 1979 to 2025, and 140 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 21 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
112
2,673rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
140
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
21
21 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ash

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.9%
  • Serious2119%
  • Slight9080%

What the data shows

  • Ash had 14 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 17% more than the 12 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Ash were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 16 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ash, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Ash.

Where Ash ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,673rd
Most casualties
2,740th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,686th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (13%)
  • Tuesday21 (19%)
  • Wednesday13 (12%)
  • Thursday15 (13%)
  • Friday15 (13%)
  • Saturday18 (16%)
  • Sunday15 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight87 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit19 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (3.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway109 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph96 (86%)
  • 60 mph16 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds92 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant69 (49%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (19%)
  • Cyclist21 (15%)
  • Pedestrian20 (14%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ash road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ash, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ash peaked at 7 in 1982; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202423
202300
202222
202100
202022
201900
201811
201722
201633
201511
201400
201300
201211
201111
201000
200922
200845
200711
200622
200500
200422
200334
200211
200122
200033
199923
199825
199745
199623
199522
199456
199337
199255
199123
199055
198945
198812
198712
198644
198556
198444
198325
198277
198178
198023
1979610

Map of recent crashes in Ash

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ash

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ash

The 24 most recent collisions in Ash happened between 25 July 2007 and 15 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ash

Of the 112 collisions in Ash, 56 were on the A257.

Collisions in Ash on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2575676111

Council area for Ash

Ash is in Dover, where police recorded 16,823 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ash accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Ash

All 112 collisions in Ash were in the CT3 postcode district.