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Greenhill road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 425 road traffic collisions in Greenhill, Canterbury, from 1979 to 2025, and 559 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 93 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
425
1,263rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
559
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
10 people killed
Serious collisions
93
105 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Greenhill

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.9%
  • Serious9322%
  • Slight32476%

What the data shows

  • Greenhill had 81 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 80 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Greenhill were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 128 children under 16 were killed or injured in Greenhill, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Greenhill.

Where Greenhill ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,263rd
Most casualties
1,250th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,188th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday67 (16%)
  • Tuesday69 (16%)
  • Wednesday77 (18%)
  • Thursday44 (10%)
  • Friday71 (17%)
  • Saturday43 (10%)
  • Sunday54 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight331 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit73 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (2.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway367 (86%)
  • Roundabout36 (8.5%)
  • Dual carriageway18 (4.2%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph285 (67%)
  • 40 mph49 (12%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph80 (19%)
  • 70 mph6 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds337 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds57 (13%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other9 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded9 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant307 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist80 (14%)
  • Cyclist75 (13%)
  • Pedestrian75 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Greenhill road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Greenhill, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Greenhill peaked at 16 in 1994; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202599
2024814
202367
202257
2021910
20201013
201966
2018913
201767
20161316
20151116
201477
201368
20121114
201188
20101117
200944
200856
20071014
2006710
20051113
200444
2003610
2002810
20011519
200077
1999916
19981014
19971217
19961214
19951012
19941620
19931015
19921111
199146
19901522
19891014
19881118
19871525
19861112
198599
19841114
1983911
19821322
198133
198079
197956

Map of recent crashes in Greenhill

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Greenhill

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Greenhill

The 24 most recent collisions in Greenhill happened between 21 October 2022 and 26 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Greenhill

The A299 has the most collisions in Greenhill, 73 of 425 (17%), followed by the A2990 (63).

Collisions in Greenhill on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA29973124221
2ndA29906398114
3rdA291293629
4thB2205141702

Council area for Greenhill

Greenhill is in Canterbury, where police recorded 20,515 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Greenhill accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode district for Greenhill

All 425 collisions in Greenhill were in the CT6 postcode district.