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Loose road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 356 road traffic collisions in Loose, Maidstone, from 1979 to 2025, and 506 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 71 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
356
1,404th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
506
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
71
86 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Loose

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal102.8%
  • Serious7120%
  • Slight27577%

What the data shows

  • Loose had 68 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 3% more than the 66 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Loose were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 57 children under 16 were killed or injured in Loose, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Loose.

Where Loose ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,404th
Most casualties
1,312th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,420th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday42 (12%)
  • Tuesday51 (14%)
  • Wednesday58 (16%)
  • Thursday57 (16%)
  • Friday53 (15%)
  • Saturday58 (16%)
  • Sunday37 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight234 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit78 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting30 (8.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway327 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway23 (6.5%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph92 (26%)
  • 40 mph226 (63%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph33 (9.3%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds289 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (14%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant353 (70%)
  • Motorcyclist64 (13%)
  • Pedestrian46 (9.1%)
  • Cyclist20 (4%)
  • Van occupant17 (3.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Loose road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Loose, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Loose peaked at 13 in 2004; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202478
2023811
202268
202156
2020916
201944
20181011
201767
2016910
201579
201457
201344
2012710
201166
20101017
200956
2008818
2007810
2006612
20051123
20041314
20031019
20021114
2001610
2000710
1999913
1998610
19971012
1996913
19951115
199466
199358
199257
1991913
199034
19891015
1988715
1987719
198677
1985710
19841013
19831115
198244
198179
19801113
19791011

Map of recent crashes in Loose

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Loose

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Loose

The 24 most recent collisions in Loose happened between 2 March 2022 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Loose

The A229 has the most collisions in Loose, 189 of 356 (53%), followed by the B2163 (126).

Collisions in Loose on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA229189267835
2ndB2163126192227

Council area for Loose

Loose is in Maidstone, where police recorded 24,322 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Loose accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Loose

Collisions in Loose were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by ME17 (240) and ME15 (116).