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Kennington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 227 road traffic collisions in Kennington, Vale of White Horse, from 1979 to 2025, and 280 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 56 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
227
1,818th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
280
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
56
65 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kennington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.6%
  • Serious5625%
  • Slight16573%

What the data shows

  • Kennington had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 8% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Kennington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 40 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kennington, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Kennington.

Where Kennington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,818th
Most casualties
1,890th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,627th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (11%)
  • Tuesday36 (16%)
  • Wednesday41 (18%)
  • Thursday27 (12%)
  • Friday30 (13%)
  • Saturday39 (17%)
  • Sunday28 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight149 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit66 (29%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (3.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway201 (89%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (8.4%)
  • Roundabout4 (1.8%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph187 (82%)
  • 40 mph11 (4.8%)
  • 60 mph11 (4.8%)
  • 70 mph17 (7.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds185 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.8%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant114 (41%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (23%)
  • Cyclist60 (21%)
  • Pedestrian35 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kennington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kennington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kennington peaked at 12 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
202411
202324
202211
202111
202045
201944
201811
201766
201633
201556
201444
201300
201200
201166
201033
200911
200825
200734
200611
200534
200489
200300
200278
200146
2000510
199944
199889
199769
199644
199569
199422
199333
199268
199156
199055
1989810
1988710
19871011
1986910
1985914
19841213
1983910
198289
1981812
19801115
19791214

Map of recent crashes in Kennington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kennington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kennington

The 24 most recent collisions in Kennington happened between 25 December 2015 and 1 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kennington

Of the 227 collisions in Kennington, 17 were on the A34.

Collisions in Kennington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA34172226

Council area for Kennington

Kennington is in the Vale of White Horse, where police recorded 16,960 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kennington accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode districts in Kennington

Collisions in Kennington were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by OX1 (206) and OX14 (21).