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Keycol road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 133 road traffic collisions in Keycol, Swale, from 1979 to 2025, and 168 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 20 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 12 October 2023.

Collisions since 1979
133
2,437th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
168
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
20
25 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
12 Oct 2023
Busiest year
1982
6 collisions

Road collision statistics for Keycol

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.3%
  • Serious2015%
  • Slight11083%

What the data shows

  • Keycol had 25 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% more than the 24 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Keycol were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 15 children under 16 were killed or injured in Keycol, 8.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 23% of collisions in Keycol.

Where Keycol ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,437th
Most casualties
2,525th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,720th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday17 (13%)
  • Tuesday19 (14%)
  • Wednesday17 (13%)
  • Thursday24 (18%)
  • Friday28 (21%)
  • Saturday11 (8.3%)
  • Sunday17 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight101 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (4.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway86 (65%)
  • Roundabout42 (32%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph45 (34%)
  • 40 mph78 (59%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph8 (6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds115 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (9.8%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant104 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (18%)
  • Cyclist14 (8.3%)
  • Pedestrian11 (6.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Keycol road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Keycol, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Keycol peaked at 6 in 1982; 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
202333
202233
202144
202011
201933
201847
201745
201633
201534
201433
201323
201222
201123
201000
200933
200834
200746
200622
200511
200457
200322
200245
200158
200059
199944
199844
199700
199648
199522
199412
199322
199233
199144
199056
198900
198823
198744
198656
198511
198434
198334
1982611
198133
198022
197944

Map of recent crashes in Keycol

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Keycol

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Keycol

The 24 most recent collisions in Keycol happened between 17 May 2016 and 12 October 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Keycol

The A2 has the most collisions in Keycol, 120 of 133 (90%), followed by the A249 (7).

Collisions in Keycol on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2120151318
2ndA2497802

Council area for Keycol

Keycol is in Swale, where police recorded 19,855 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Keycol accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Keycol

All 133 collisions in Keycol were in the ME9 postcode district.