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Dymchurch road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 290 road traffic collisions in Dymchurch, Folkestone and Hythe, from 1979 to 2025, and 413 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 64 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
290
1,584th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
413
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
64
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dymchurch

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.7%
  • Serious6422%
  • Slight22176%

What the data shows

  • Dymchurch had 53 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 52 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Dymchurch were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 43 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dymchurch, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Dymchurch.

Where Dymchurch ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,584th
Most casualties
1,497th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,515th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (15%)
  • Tuesday40 (14%)
  • Wednesday27 (9.3%)
  • Thursday41 (14%)
  • Friday50 (17%)
  • Saturday50 (17%)
  • Sunday39 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight233 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit41 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (4.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway268 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway15 (5.2%)
  • Roundabout4 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph187 (64%)
  • 40 mph67 (23%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph33 (11%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds239 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (1%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant251 (61%)
  • Motorcyclist61 (15%)
  • Pedestrian61 (15%)
  • Cyclist19 (4.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dymchurch road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dymchurch, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dymchurch peaked at 15 in 1996; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202424
202357
202222
202144
202025
2019713
201846
20171119
20161215
201578
201468
201324
201249
201157
201058
200933
200868
2007910
2006511
200568
200456
2003711
200258
200168
2000912
1999610
199868
19971012
19961521
199544
19941014
1993612
199246
1991912
199044
19891219
1988811
198767
198656
198557
198422
198333
19821218
1981710
198048
1979910

Map of recent crashes in Dymchurch

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dymchurch

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dymchurch

The 24 most recent collisions in Dymchurch happened between 28 June 2019 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dymchurch

Of the 290 collisions in Dymchurch, 241 were on the A259.

Collisions in Dymchurch on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA259241350457

Council area for Dymchurch

Dymchurch is in Folkestone and Hythe, where police recorded 15,498 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dymchurch accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Dymchurch

Collisions in Dymchurch were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TN29 (274) and CT21 (16).