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Hadlow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 240 road traffic collisions in Hadlow, Tonbridge and Malling, from 1979 to 2025, and 316 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 57 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
240
1,769th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
316
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
57
64 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hadlow

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.7%
  • Serious5724%
  • Slight17975%

What the data shows

  • Hadlow had 34 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 69 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Hadlow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hadlow, 9.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Hadlow.

Where Hadlow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,769th
Most casualties
1,748th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,615th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (13%)
  • Tuesday34 (14%)
  • Wednesday36 (15%)
  • Thursday49 (20%)
  • Friday38 (16%)
  • Saturday36 (15%)
  • Sunday17 (7.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight178 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (13%)
  • Dark, street lights lit27 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway239 (100%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph127 (53%)
  • 40 mph38 (16%)
  • 60 mph73 (30%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds179 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded9 (3.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant197 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist47 (15%)
  • Pedestrian36 (11%)
  • Cyclist18 (5.7%)
  • Van occupant11 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hadlow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hadlow, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hadlow peaked at 13 in 2002; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202422
202322
202222
202112
202022
201977
2018610
201744
201635
201578
201479
2013710
20121013
201156
2010913
200934
200834
2007811
20061014
200545
200435
200345
20021316
200157
2000917
199969
1998811
19971015
199600
199568
199489
199379
199234
199166
199022
198922
198834
198711
198611
198556
198444
198368
198278
198156
198034
1979610

Map of recent crashes in Hadlow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hadlow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hadlow

The 24 most recent collisions in Hadlow happened between 18 September 2018 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hadlow

Of the 240 collisions in Hadlow, 184 were on the A26.

Collisions in Hadlow on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA26184252342

Council area for Hadlow

Hadlow is in Tonbridge and Malling, where police recorded 19,983 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hadlow accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Hadlow

All 240 collisions in Hadlow were in the TN11 postcode district.