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Bearsted road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 532 road traffic collisions in Bearsted, Maidstone, from 1979 to 2025, and 710 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 113 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
532
1,117th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
710
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
113
116 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bearsted

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.3%
  • Serious11321%
  • Slight41277%

What the data shows

  • Bearsted had 75 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 89 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Bearsted were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 72 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bearsted, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Bearsted.

Where Bearsted ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,117th
Most casualties
1,093rd
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,049th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday84 (16%)
  • Tuesday74 (14%)
  • Wednesday76 (14%)
  • Thursday71 (13%)
  • Friday93 (17%)
  • Saturday68 (13%)
  • Sunday66 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight387 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit107 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting31 (5.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway503 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (3.6%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph327 (61%)
  • 40 mph157 (30%)
  • 60 mph43 (8.1%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds432 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds74 (14%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other5 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant427 (60%)
  • Motorcyclist100 (14%)
  • Pedestrian92 (13%)
  • Cyclist58 (8.2%)
  • Van occupant12 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bearsted road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bearsted, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bearsted peaked at 25 in 1982; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025712
202456
2023911
202299
2021710
202046
201956
20181418
201777
2016816
201569
201489
2013915
2012915
20111213
20101119
200956
20081313
2007912
200678
20051213
20041012
2003912
20021116
2001710
20001117
199955
19981829
199779
19961216
1995913
19941014
19931828
19922128
19911112
19901214
19891118
19881619
19871317
19861620
19852125
19841317
19831725
19822533
19811623
19801819
19791926

Map of recent crashes in Bearsted

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bearsted

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bearsted

The 24 most recent collisions in Bearsted happened between 15 July 2022 and 13 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bearsted

The A20 has the most collisions in Bearsted, 297 of 532 (56%), followed by the M20 (4).

Collisions in Bearsted on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA20297424567
2ndM204602

Council area for Bearsted

Bearsted is in Maidstone, where police recorded 24,322 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bearsted accounts for 2.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Bearsted

Collisions in Bearsted were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by ME14 (312) and ME15 (190).