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Lenham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 123 road traffic collisions in Lenham, Maidstone, from 1979 to 2025, and 169 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 36 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
123
2,550th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
169
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
36
41 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lenham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.6%
  • Serious3629%
  • Slight8569%

What the data shows

  • Lenham had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% more than the 18 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in Lenham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 28 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lenham, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Lenham.

Where Lenham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,550th
Most casualties
2,509th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (18%)
  • Tuesday16 (13%)
  • Wednesday22 (18%)
  • Thursday18 (15%)
  • Friday19 (15%)
  • Saturday15 (12%)
  • Sunday11 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight98 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit13 (11%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (6.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway116 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (4.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph74 (60%)
  • 50 mph4 (3.3%)
  • 60 mph43 (35%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds101 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (11%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant87 (51%)
  • Pedestrian33 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (13%)
  • Cyclist11 (6.5%)
  • Van occupant8 (4.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.8%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lenham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lenham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lenham peaked at 8 in 1988; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202446
202337
202224
202111
202022
201900
201835
201722
201623
201534
201423
201311
201222
201111
201011
200922
200822
200722
200624
200511
200434
200300
200222
200156
200035
199944
199812
199722
199611
199534
199414
199345
199234
199123
199044
198956
1988811
198734
198634
198536
198458
198356
198211
198123
198046
197979

Map of recent crashes in Lenham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lenham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lenham

The 24 most recent collisions in Lenham happened between 31 October 2014 and 9 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lenham

Of the 123 collisions in Lenham, 39 were on the A20.

Collisions in Lenham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA203962111

Council area for Lenham

Lenham is in Maidstone, where police recorded 24,322 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lenham accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Lenham

All 123 collisions in Lenham were in the ME17 postcode district.