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Broadstairs road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,110 road traffic collisions in Broadstairs, Thanet, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,835 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 21 were fatal and 537 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 47 collisions, up 4% on 2024 (45).

Collisions since 1979
3,110
325th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,835
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
21
24 people killed
Serious collisions
537
585 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
47
Up 4% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
61
Up 20% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Broadstairs

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal210.7%
  • Serious53717%
  • Slight2,55282%

What the data shows

  • Broadstairs had 502 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 20% fewer than the 631 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Broadstairs were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 695 children under 16 were killed or injured in Broadstairs, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Broadstairs.

Where Broadstairs ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
325th
Most casualties
325th
Most fatal collisions
473rd
Most serious collisions
317th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday478 (15%)
  • Tuesday472 (15%)
  • Wednesday454 (15%)
  • Thursday477 (15%)
  • Friday550 (18%)
  • Saturday390 (13%)
  • Sunday289 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,430 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit608 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting30 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown22 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit20 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,744 (88%)
  • Roundabout249 (8%)
  • Dual carriageway66 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road37 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph16 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph2,798 (90%)
  • 40 mph257 (8.3%)
  • 50 mph9 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph30 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,510 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds369 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds22 (0.7%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist10 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Other72 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded90 (2.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,701 (44%)
  • Pedestrian742 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist665 (17%)
  • Cyclist568 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant70 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant47 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Broadstairs road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Broadstairs, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Broadstairs peaked at 105 in 1982; 2025 had 47.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 47
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254761
20244551
20234860
20225163
20214652
20204347
20193033
20186784
20176281
20166381
20156275
20146787
20135459
20125164
20116886
20105466
20096786
20087088
20077288
20066685
20056280
20046875
20037282
20026887
20017998
20007691
19996480
19985869
19976479
19966080
19956784
19945865
19936772
19926273
19916276
19907993
198984104
19887087
19876591
19867488
198585107
198486115
198393112
1982105133
198181100
198094121
19797496

Map of recent crashes in Broadstairs

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Broadstairs

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Broadstairs

The 24 most recent collisions in Broadstairs happened between 15 August and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Broadstairs

The A255 has the most collisions in Broadstairs, 747 of 3,110 (24%), followed by the A254 (334).

Collisions in Broadstairs on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2557479296134
2ndA254334432455
3rdB2053234282050
4thA256207265030
5thB2052200256531
6thA2253301

Council area for Broadstairs

Broadstairs is in Thanet, where police recorded 19,901 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Broadstairs accounts for 16% of them.

Postcode districts in Broadstairs

Collisions in Broadstairs were recorded in 4 postcode districts, led by CT10 (2,910) and CT9 (188).