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Kings Hill road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 159 road traffic collisions in Kings Hill, Tonbridge and Malling, from 1979 to 2025, and 198 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 33 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
159
2,199th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
198
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
33
39 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kings Hill

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious3321%
  • Slight12579%

What the data shows

  • Kings Hill had 38 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 9% more than the 35 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Kings Hill were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 23 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kings Hill, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Kings Hill.

Where Kings Hill ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,199th
Most casualties
2,283rd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,208th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (14%)
  • Tuesday27 (17%)
  • Wednesday19 (12%)
  • Thursday16 (10%)
  • Friday22 (14%)
  • Saturday33 (21%)
  • Sunday20 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight120 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit15 (9.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway140 (88%)
  • Roundabout13 (8.2%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph61 (38%)
  • 40 mph39 (25%)
  • 50 mph3 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph53 (33%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds116 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (18%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded6 (3.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant121 (61%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (14%)
  • Pedestrian21 (11%)
  • Cyclist16 (8.1%)
  • Van occupant6 (3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kings Hill road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kings Hill, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kings Hill peaked at 7 in 2023; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202434
202378
202244
202122
202033
201955
201822
201745
201667
201546
201455
201378
201222
201144
201044
200911
200833
200745
200612
200522
200478
200333
200222
200134
200035
199925
199856
199700
199600
199525
199434
199322
199246
199167
199023
198957
198822
198758
198634
198533
198455
198333
198246
198122
198045
197948

Map of recent crashes in Kings Hill

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kings Hill

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kings Hill

The 24 most recent collisions in Kings Hill happened between 5 November 2019 and 13 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kings Hill

The A228 has the most collisions in Kings Hill, 18 of 159 (11%), followed by the B2015 (3).

Collisions in Kings Hill on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA228182206
2ndB20153402

Council area for Kings Hill

Kings Hill is in Tonbridge and Malling, where police recorded 19,983 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kings Hill accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Kings Hill

Collisions in Kings Hill were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by ME19 (114) and ME18 (44).