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Capel-le-Ferne road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 169 road traffic collisions in Capel-le-Ferne, Dover, from 1979 to 2025, and 224 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 44 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
169
2,137th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
224
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
44
54 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Capel-le-Ferne

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.4%
  • Serious4426%
  • Slight12172%

What the data shows

  • Capel-le-Ferne had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 5% fewer than the 22 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Capel-le-Ferne were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 24 children under 16 were killed or injured in Capel-le-Ferne, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Capel-le-Ferne.

Where Capel-le-Ferne ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,137th
Most casualties
2,133rd
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,873rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (17%)
  • Tuesday25 (15%)
  • Wednesday19 (11%)
  • Thursday27 (16%)
  • Friday20 (12%)
  • Saturday25 (15%)
  • Sunday25 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight129 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (5.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway162 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (3.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph36 (21%)
  • 40 mph87 (51%)
  • 60 mph42 (25%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds125 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (11%)
  • Fog or mist10 (5.9%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other6 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant121 (54%)
  • Motorcyclist48 (21%)
  • Pedestrian32 (14%)
  • Cyclist13 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Capel-le-Ferne road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Capel-le-Ferne, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Capel-le-Ferne peaked at 11 in 1991; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202444
202334
202200
202122
202014
201933
201811
201734
201645
201534
201411
201333
201222
201122
201036
200922
200811
200733
200623
200512
200433
200357
200200
200148
200000
199900
199833
199747
199633
199522
199458
199322
1992810
19911114
1990913
19891014
1988919
198768
198644
198578
198479
198377
198233
198166
198056
197924

Map of recent crashes in Capel-le-Ferne

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Capel-le-Ferne

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Capel-le-Ferne

The 24 most recent collisions in Capel-le-Ferne happened between 20 February 2015 and 31 October 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Capel-le-Ferne

The A20 has the most collisions in Capel-le-Ferne, 115 of 169 (68%), followed by the B2011 (21).

Collisions in Capel-le-Ferne on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA20115158238
2ndB2011212823

Council area for Capel-le-Ferne

Capel-le-Ferne is in Dover, where police recorded 16,823 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Capel-le-Ferne accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Capel-le-Ferne

All 169 collisions in Capel-le-Ferne were in the CT18 postcode district.