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Harrietsham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 215 road traffic collisions in Harrietsham, Maidstone, from 1979 to 2025, and 310 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 46 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
215
1,875th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
310
1.44 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
46
58 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Harrietsham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal83.7%
  • Serious4621%
  • Slight16175%

What the data shows

  • Harrietsham had 30 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% more than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Harrietsham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 38 children under 16 were killed or injured in Harrietsham, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Harrietsham.

Where Harrietsham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,875th
Most casualties
1,779th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,829th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (13%)
  • Tuesday31 (14%)
  • Wednesday25 (12%)
  • Thursday29 (13%)
  • Friday38 (18%)
  • Saturday31 (14%)
  • Sunday34 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight153 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway196 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway17 (7.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph39 (18%)
  • 40 mph24 (11%)
  • 50 mph58 (27%)
  • 60 mph80 (37%)
  • 70 mph12 (5.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds167 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant172 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist54 (17%)
  • Bus or coach occupant25 (8.1%)
  • Pedestrian25 (8.1%)
  • Cyclist12 (3.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (3.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Harrietsham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Harrietsham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Harrietsham peaked at 13 in 1987; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202411
202355
202244
202155
202011
201944
201833
201723
201635
201522
201423
201347
201244
201123
201045
200923
200822
200711
200659
200547
200423
200334
200222
200145
200068
1999512
199866
199722
19961118
199524
199422
199357
199233
199158
19901215
1989726
198856
19871317
198622
19851113
19841118
198358
1982610
1981812
198089
1979710

Map of recent crashes in Harrietsham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Harrietsham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Harrietsham

The 24 most recent collisions in Harrietsham happened between 14 September 2018 and 25 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Harrietsham

The A20 has the most collisions in Harrietsham, 163 of 215 (76%), followed by the M20 (8).

Collisions in Harrietsham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA20163244834
2ndM2081703

Council area for Harrietsham

Harrietsham is in Maidstone, where police recorded 24,322 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Harrietsham accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Harrietsham

All 215 collisions in Harrietsham were in the ME17 postcode district.