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Blean road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 152 road traffic collisions in Blean, Canterbury, from 1979 to 2025, and 209 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 22 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
152
2,255th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
209
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
22
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blean

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal53.3%
  • Serious2214%
  • Slight12582%

What the data shows

  • Blean had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 31 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Blean were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 15 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blean, 7.4% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Blean.

Where Blean ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,255th
Most casualties
2,215th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
2,653rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (16%)
  • Tuesday18 (12%)
  • Wednesday28 (18%)
  • Thursday19 (13%)
  • Friday20 (13%)
  • Saturday22 (14%)
  • Sunday20 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight110 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit29 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (5.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway151 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph50 (33%)
  • 40 mph95 (63%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph6 (3.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds122 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (3.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant146 (70%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (9.1%)
  • Cyclist18 (8.6%)
  • Pedestrian14 (6.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blean road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blean, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blean peaked at 8 in 1997; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202411
202324
202233
202111
202000
201911
201834
201733
201633
201523
201445
201357
201233
201144
201056
200911
200811
200722
200649
200522
200448
200322
200224
200144
200068
199935
199822
199789
199634
1995610
199434
199322
199233
1991310
199069
198923
198822
198769
198644
1985610
198444
1983711
198223
198112
198057
197933

Map of recent crashes in Blean

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blean

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blean

The 24 most recent collisions in Blean happened between 27 September 2014 and 30 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blean

Of the 152 collisions in Blean, 139 were on the A290.

Collisions in Blean on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA290139196521

Council area for Blean

Blean is in Canterbury, where police recorded 20,515 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blean accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Blean

All 152 collisions in Blean were in the CT2 postcode district.