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Challock road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 101 road traffic collisions in Challock, Ashford, from 1979 to 2025, and 138 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 17 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
101
2,823rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
138
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
17
18 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Challock

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1717%
  • Slight8483%

What the data shows

  • Challock had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% more than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Challock were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 7 children under 16 were killed or injured in Challock, 5.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Challock.

Where Challock ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,823rd
Most casualties
2,752nd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,788th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday8 (7.9%)
  • Tuesday16 (16%)
  • Wednesday17 (17%)
  • Thursday18 (18%)
  • Friday21 (21%)
  • Saturday9 (8.9%)
  • Sunday12 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight83 (82%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (9.9%)
  • Dark, street lights lit7 (6.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway76 (75%)
  • Roundabout24 (24%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph16 (16%)
  • 40 mph12 (12%)
  • 50 mph4 (4%)
  • 60 mph66 (65%)
  • 70 mph3 (3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds78 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (16%)
  • Fog or mist2 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (1%)
  • Other2 (2%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant96 (70%)
  • Motorcyclist25 (18%)
  • Pedestrian5 (3.6%)
  • Cyclist3 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant3 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Challock road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Challock, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Challock peaked at 6 in 1984; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202411
202347
202223
202111
202011
201922
201822
201700
201611
201511
201400
201300
201233
201111
201012
200911
200822
200734
200637
200511
200434
200311
200235
200100
200046
199900
199823
199734
1996410
199522
199400
199300
199234
199133
199011
198936
198856
198733
198624
198533
198466
198345
198223
198156
198044
197925

Map of recent crashes in Challock

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Challock

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Challock

The 24 most recent collisions in Challock happened between 24 July 2009 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Challock

The A251 has the most collisions in Challock, 60 of 101 (59%), followed by the A252 (32).

Collisions in Challock on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA251608806
2ndA2523239010

Council area for Challock

Challock is in Ashford, where police recorded 18,746 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Challock accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Challock

All 101 collisions in Challock were in the TN25 postcode district.