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Kempsey road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 138 road traffic collisions in Kempsey, Malvern Hills, from 1979 to 2025, and 162 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 34 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
138
2,390th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
162
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
34
36 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kempsey

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.4%
  • Serious3425%
  • Slight10274%

What the data shows

  • Kempsey had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 67% more than the 12 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Kempsey were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kempsey, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Kempsey.

Where Kempsey ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,390th
Most casualties
2,573rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (18%)
  • Tuesday17 (12%)
  • Wednesday20 (14%)
  • Thursday15 (11%)
  • Friday23 (17%)
  • Saturday17 (12%)
  • Sunday21 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight105 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (5.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (3.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway138 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph58 (42%)
  • 40 mph63 (46%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph13 (9.4%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds111 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (12%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other3 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant81 (50%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (17%)
  • Cyclist24 (15%)
  • Pedestrian24 (15%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kempsey road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kempsey, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kempsey peaked at 9 in 1981; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202312
202255
202144
202011
201922
201836
201711
201622
201500
201422
201323
201222
201122
201033
200900
200811
200700
200600
200522
200400
200300
200234
200122
200011
199955
199834
199744
199657
199533
199456
199322
199266
199111
199069
198966
198856
198755
198646
198556
198444
198344
198245
1981912
198055
1979710

Map of recent crashes in Kempsey

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kempsey

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kempsey

The 24 most recent collisions in Kempsey happened between 4 January 2013 and 29 March 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kempsey

Of the 138 collisions in Kempsey, 110 were on the A38.

Collisions in Kempsey on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA38110130230

Council area for Kempsey

Kempsey is in the Malvern Hills, where police recorded 12,695 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kempsey accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Kempsey

All 138 collisions in Kempsey were in the WR5 postcode district.