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Hawkhurst road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 324 road traffic collisions in Hawkhurst, Tunbridge Wells, from 1979 to 2025, and 407 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 68 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
324
1,485th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
407
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
68
77 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hawkhurst

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.9%
  • Serious6821%
  • Slight25077%

What the data shows

  • Hawkhurst had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 71 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Hawkhurst were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 48 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hawkhurst, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Hawkhurst.

Where Hawkhurst ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,485th
Most casualties
1,508th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,461st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (11%)
  • Tuesday58 (18%)
  • Wednesday41 (13%)
  • Thursday26 (8%)
  • Friday55 (17%)
  • Saturday55 (17%)
  • Sunday52 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight222 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit53 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (9.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (3.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway319 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph215 (66%)
  • 40 mph62 (19%)
  • 50 mph5 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph41 (13%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds262 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (12%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant228 (56%)
  • Pedestrian74 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (15%)
  • Cyclist18 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hawkhurst road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hawkhurst, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hawkhurst peaked at 15 in 1982; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202524
202400
202311
20221011
202177
202078
2019810
201856
2017710
201655
2015713
2014911
2013911
201269
201122
2010711
200969
200844
20071216
2006911
200577
200422
200357
20021012
20011016
20001010
1999610
1998916
199778
199645
199545
19941217
199367
199278
19911011
199069
198934
198856
19871010
198666
198599
198479
19831010
19821520
198199
198066
197969

Map of recent crashes in Hawkhurst

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hawkhurst

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hawkhurst

The 24 most recent collisions in Hawkhurst happened between 4 September 2020 and 15 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hawkhurst

The A229 has the most collisions in Hawkhurst, 141 of 324 (44%), followed by the A268 (125).

Collisions in Hawkhurst on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA229141174227
2ndA268125160229
3rdA265303817

Council area for Hawkhurst

Hawkhurst is in Tunbridge Wells, where police recorded 17,128 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hawkhurst accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Hawkhurst

All 324 collisions in Hawkhurst were in the TN18 postcode district.