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Broad Oak (Rother) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 108 road traffic collisions in Broad Oak, Rother, from 1979 to 2025, and 198 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 18 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
108
2,728th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
198
1.83 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
18
22 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Broad Oak

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.8%
  • Serious1817%
  • Slight8781%

What the data shows

  • Broad Oak had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 24 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Broad Oak were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in Broad Oak, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Broad Oak.

Where Broad Oak ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,728th
Most casualties
2,283rd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,774th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (13%)
  • Tuesday12 (11%)
  • Wednesday9 (8.3%)
  • Thursday20 (19%)
  • Friday19 (18%)
  • Saturday15 (14%)
  • Sunday19 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight88 (81%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit3 (2.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway108 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph29 (27%)
  • 40 mph50 (46%)
  • 50 mph6 (5.6%)
  • 60 mph21 (19%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds92 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other2 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant166 (84%)
  • Motorcyclist11 (5.6%)
  • Van occupant8 (4%)
  • Pedestrian7 (3.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1%)
  • Cyclist2 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Broad Oak road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Broad Oak, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Broad Oak peaked at 7 in 2017; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202411
202339
202200
202111
202025
201900
201800
201778
201622
2015410
201422
201300
201212
201111
201038
200912
200828
200746
200667
200500
200457
200334
200224
200125
200036
199911
199847
1997511
199622
199523
199455
199300
199222
199122
199034
198927
198839
1987411
198622
198536
198447
198313
198224
198124
198011
197927

Map of recent crashes in Broad Oak

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Broad Oak

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Broad Oak

The 24 most recent collisions in Broad Oak happened between 20 January 2012 and 17 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Broad Oak

The A28 has the most collisions in Broad Oak, 52 of 108 (48%), followed by the B2089 (50).

Collisions in Broad Oak on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA285211419
2ndB2089507428

Council area for Broad Oak

Broad Oak is in Rother, where police recorded 14,013 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Broad Oak accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Broad Oak

All 108 collisions in Broad Oak were in the TN31 postcode district.