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Headcorn road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 171 road traffic collisions in Headcorn, Maidstone, from 1979 to 2025, and 215 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 39 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
171
2,125th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
215
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
39
43 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Headcorn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious3923%
  • Slight13277%

What the data shows

  • Headcorn had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% more than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Headcorn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 31 children under 16 were killed or injured in Headcorn, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Headcorn.

Where Headcorn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,125th
Most casualties
2,184th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
1,999th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (11%)
  • Tuesday28 (16%)
  • Wednesday23 (13%)
  • Thursday22 (13%)
  • Friday25 (15%)
  • Saturday31 (18%)
  • Sunday24 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight117 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (5.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (3.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway165 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph149 (87%)
  • 40 mph9 (5.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph12 (7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds128 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (15%)
  • Fog or mist5 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant119 (55%)
  • Pedestrian45 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (10%)
  • Cyclist19 (8.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Headcorn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Headcorn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Headcorn peaked at 9 in 2016; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202400
202388
202245
202111
202012
201989
201811
201722
2016911
201511
201425
201322
201245
201155
201056
200911
200845
200744
200648
200500
200422
200357
200255
200122
200048
199957
199866
199734
199611
1995712
199411
199344
199244
199122
1990510
198933
198833
198755
198644
198567
198422
198344
198223
198145
1980914
197923

Map of recent crashes in Headcorn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Headcorn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Headcorn

The 24 most recent collisions in Headcorn happened between 7 March 2019 and 7 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Headcorn

Of the 171 collisions in Headcorn, 132 were on the A274.

Collisions in Headcorn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA274132165028

Council area for Headcorn

Headcorn is in Maidstone, where police recorded 24,322 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Headcorn accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Headcorn

All 171 collisions in Headcorn were in the TN27 postcode district.