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Charing road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 293 road traffic collisions in Charing, Ashford, from 1979 to 2025, and 424 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 75 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
293
1,575th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
424
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
75
95 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Charing

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal93.1%
  • Serious7526%
  • Slight20971%

What the data shows

  • Charing had 48 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% fewer than the 55 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Charing were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in Charing, 7.2% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Charing.

Where Charing ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,575th
Most casualties
1,472nd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,362nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday46 (16%)
  • Tuesday38 (13%)
  • Wednesday34 (12%)
  • Thursday43 (15%)
  • Friday45 (15%)
  • Saturday40 (14%)
  • Sunday47 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight227 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit40 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (6.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway230 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway43 (15%)
  • Roundabout16 (5.5%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph49 (17%)
  • 40 mph56 (19%)
  • 50 mph74 (25%)
  • 60 mph104 (35%)
  • 70 mph10 (3.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds231 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (12%)
  • Fog or mist7 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1%)
  • Other6 (2%)
  • Not recorded3 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant303 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist53 (13%)
  • Pedestrian29 (6.8%)
  • Van occupant17 (4%)
  • Cyclist11 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Charing road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Charing, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Charing peaked at 12 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
202344
202244
2021711
202055
201959
201868
2017710
2016610
201534
2014410
2013814
201233
201155
201055
2009912
2008911
200757
200646
2005815
2004714
200344
20021114
200167
200045
199945
199845
19971223
199647
199557
199478
1993814
199259
199158
1990912
1989810
1988920
198769
198667
1985816
198455
198368
19821216
198189
1980912
19791012

Map of recent crashes in Charing

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Charing

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Charing

The 24 most recent collisions in Charing happened between 28 February 2020 and 13 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Charing

The A20 has the most collisions in Charing, 151 of 293 (52%), followed by the A252 (90).

Collisions in Charing on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA20151218634
2ndA25290134327
3rdB20776602

Council area for Charing

Charing is in Ashford, where police recorded 18,746 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Charing accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Charing

All 293 collisions in Charing were in the TN27 postcode district.