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Herne road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 247 road traffic collisions in Herne, Canterbury, from 1979 to 2025, and 314 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 45 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
247
1,743rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
314
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
45
51 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Herne

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.2%
  • Serious4518%
  • Slight19981%

What the data shows

  • Herne had 30 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 57 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Herne were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 57 children under 16 were killed or injured in Herne, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Herne.

Where Herne ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,743rd
Most casualties
1,756th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,853rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (12%)
  • Tuesday41 (17%)
  • Wednesday41 (17%)
  • Thursday39 (16%)
  • Friday42 (17%)
  • Saturday24 (9.7%)
  • Sunday30 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight177 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit52 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway237 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1.6%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph227 (92%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph12 (4.9%)
  • 70 mph5 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds201 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant176 (56%)
  • Pedestrian61 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (13%)
  • Cyclist25 (8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Herne road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Herne, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Herne peaked at 12 in 1985; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202435
202333
202234
202167
202011
201958
201823
201711
201633
201544
20141012
201333
201256
201167
201045
20091011
200856
200722
200689
200500
200434
200356
200278
200167
200034
199989
19981014
199745
199668
199567
1994717
199356
199211
19911013
199066
198979
198858
198767
1986912
19851214
198455
1983912
1982713
198133
198046
197967

Map of recent crashes in Herne

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Herne

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Herne

The 24 most recent collisions in Herne happened between 11 June 2019 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Herne

The A291 has the most collisions in Herne, 102 of 247 (41%), followed by the A299 (12).

Collisions in Herne on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA291102149213
2ndA299121514

Council area for Herne

Herne is in Canterbury, where police recorded 20,515 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Herne accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Herne

All 247 collisions in Herne were in the CT6 postcode district.