Skip to main content
CrashStats

Hoo St Werburgh road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 377 road traffic collisions in Hoo St Werburgh, Medway, from 1979 to 2025, and 468 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 86 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
377
1,357th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
468
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
86
95 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hoo St Werburgh

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.1%
  • Serious8623%
  • Slight28776%

What the data shows

  • Hoo St Werburgh had 51 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 9% fewer than the 56 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Hoo St Werburgh were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 112 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hoo St Werburgh, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Hoo St Werburgh.

Where Hoo St Werburgh ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,357th
Most casualties
1,382nd
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,248th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday53 (14%)
  • Tuesday50 (13%)
  • Wednesday61 (16%)
  • Thursday56 (15%)
  • Friday74 (20%)
  • Saturday44 (12%)
  • Sunday39 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight288 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit70 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (4.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway366 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (2.1%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.5%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph303 (80%)
  • 40 mph23 (6.1%)
  • 50 mph6 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph42 (11%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds307 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (11%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other10 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant221 (47%)
  • Pedestrian101 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist94 (20%)
  • Cyclist36 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hoo St Werburgh road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hoo St Werburgh, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hoo St Werburgh peaked at 18 in 1979; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251214
202422
202334
202256
202133
202045
2019912
201823
201778
201644
2015810
201433
201357
201277
2011811
201056
200944
200858
200777
200645
200533
2004810
2003714
20021012
2001814
20001317
1999810
199845
19971726
19961316
19951214
199457
1993811
199277
19911418
19901313
198977
198889
198788
19861213
19851217
19841012
19831114
19821212
19811215
19801014
19791821

Map of recent crashes in Hoo St Werburgh

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hoo St Werburgh

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hoo St Werburgh

The 24 most recent collisions in Hoo St Werburgh happened between 24 June 2021 and 26 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hoo St Werburgh

Of the 377 collisions in Hoo St Werburgh, 58 were on the A228.

Collisions in Hoo St Werburgh on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2285893012

Council area for Hoo St Werburgh

Hoo St Werburgh is in Medway, where police recorded 33,369 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hoo St Werburgh accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Hoo St Werburgh

All 377 collisions in Hoo St Werburgh were in the ME3 postcode district.