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Lower Kingswood road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 161 road traffic collisions in Lower Kingswood, Reigate and Banstead, from 1982 to 2025, and 234 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 31 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1982
161
2,181st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
234
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
31
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lower Kingswood

Collisions by severity, 1982 to 2025

  • Fatal21.2%
  • Serious3119%
  • Slight12880%

What the data shows

  • Lower Kingswood had 26 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% fewer than the 27 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Lower Kingswood were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lower Kingswood, 7.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Lower Kingswood.

Where Lower Kingswood ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,181st
Most casualties
2,080th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (14%)
  • Tuesday23 (14%)
  • Wednesday24 (15%)
  • Thursday24 (15%)
  • Friday23 (14%)
  • Saturday23 (14%)
  • Sunday22 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight117 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Dual carriageway112 (70%)
  • Single carriageway40 (25%)
  • Roundabout5 (3.1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph40 (25%)
  • 40 mph119 (74%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds112 (70%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (20%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (2.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.2%)
  • Other4 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant168 (72%)
  • Pedestrian23 (9.8%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (8.5%)
  • Cyclist9 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant8 (3.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lower Kingswood road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lower Kingswood, 1982 to 2025

Collisions in Lower Kingswood peaked at 10 in 1988; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202422
202356
202233
202114
202011
201900
201836
201756
201646
201534
201414
201324
201246
201100
201045
200913
2008610
200745
200622
200523
200446
200335
200249
2001913
2000713
199957
199823
199712
199611
199522
199434
1993911
199234
199122
199069
198966
19881013
198736
198635
198533
1984710
198344
1982914

Map of recent crashes in Lower Kingswood

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lower Kingswood

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lower Kingswood

The 24 most recent collisions in Lower Kingswood happened between 19 August 2016 and 24 February 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lower Kingswood

Of the 161 collisions in Lower Kingswood, 126 were on the A217.

Collisions in Lower Kingswood on each road, 1982 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA217126185225

Council area for Lower Kingswood

Lower Kingswood is in Reigate and Banstead, where police recorded 25,206 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lower Kingswood accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Lower Kingswood

All 161 collisions in Lower Kingswood were in the KT20 postcode district.