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Istead Rise road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 142 road traffic collisions in Istead Rise, Gravesham, from 1979 to 2025, and 186 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 27 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 8 June 2023.

Collisions since 1979
142
2,351st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
186
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
27
34 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
8 Jun 2023
Busiest year
1984
7 collisions

Road collision statistics for Istead Rise

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.4%
  • Serious2719%
  • Slight11380%

What the data shows

  • Istead Rise had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 22 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Istead Rise were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in Istead Rise, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Istead Rise.

Where Istead Rise ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,351st
Most casualties
2,363rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (9.9%)
  • Tuesday28 (20%)
  • Wednesday19 (13%)
  • Thursday14 (9.9%)
  • Friday22 (15%)
  • Saturday25 (18%)
  • Sunday20 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight99 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit29 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (9.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway136 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph91 (64%)
  • 40 mph24 (17%)
  • 50 mph4 (2.8%)
  • 60 mph23 (16%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds107 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (14%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Other7 (4.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant121 (65%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (15%)
  • Cyclist16 (8.6%)
  • Pedestrian15 (8.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Istead Rise road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Istead Rise, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Istead Rise peaked at 7 in 1984; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202311
202233
202111
202036
201900
201811
201733
201667
201500
201456
201335
201200
201122
201011
200922
200833
200733
200634
200555
200423
200311
200256
200135
200011
199955
199833
199734
199624
199567
199422
199335
199258
199156
199058
198934
198858
198744
198622
198557
1984715
198322
198234
198159
198033
197977

Map of recent crashes in Istead Rise

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Istead Rise

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Istead Rise

The 24 most recent collisions in Istead Rise happened between 6 July 2013 and 8 June 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Istead Rise

Of the 142 collisions in Istead Rise, 50 were on the A227.

Collisions in Istead Rise on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2275073110

Council area for Istead Rise

Istead Rise is in Gravesham, where police recorded 14,499 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Istead Rise accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Istead Rise

All 142 collisions in Istead Rise were in the DA13 postcode district.