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Densole road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 102 road traffic collisions in Densole, Folkestone and Hythe, from 1979 to 2025, and 151 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 27 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
102
2,804th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
151
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
27
36 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Densole

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal22%
  • Serious2726%
  • Slight7372%

What the data shows

  • Densole had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 9% fewer than the 22 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Densole were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 16 children under 16 were killed or injured in Densole, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Densole.

Where Densole ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,804th
Most casualties
2,659th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (14%)
  • Tuesday12 (12%)
  • Wednesday11 (11%)
  • Thursday13 (13%)
  • Friday22 (22%)
  • Saturday21 (21%)
  • Sunday9 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight75 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit19 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (7.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway100 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph9 (8.8%)
  • 40 mph82 (80%)
  • 60 mph11 (11%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds80 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (9.8%)
  • Fog or mist4 (3.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (1%)
  • Other4 (3.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant101 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist21 (14%)
  • Pedestrian17 (11%)
  • Cyclist4 (2.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant3 (2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Densole road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Densole, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Densole peaked at 6 in 2016; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202425
202300
202211
202122
202011
201924
201844
201723
2016611
201534
201422
201311
201223
201123
201011
200945
200835
200722
200625
200500
200447
200333
200233
200112
200045
199934
199823
199746
199623
199500
199446
199345
199200
199113
199048
198912
198823
198724
198635
198512
198411
198313
198234
198111
198033
197933

Map of recent crashes in Densole

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Densole

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Densole

The 24 most recent collisions in Densole happened between 28 June 2014 and 27 September 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Densole

Of the 102 collisions in Densole, 91 were on the A260.

Collisions in Densole on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA26091134224

Council area for Densole

Densole is in Folkestone and Hythe, where police recorded 15,498 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Densole accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Densole

All 102 collisions in Densole were in the CT18 postcode district.