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Lydd road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 216 road traffic collisions in Lydd, Folkestone and Hythe, from 1979 to 2025, and 280 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 54 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
216
1,867th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
280
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
54
61 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lydd

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.9%
  • Serious5425%
  • Slight15873%

What the data shows

  • Lydd had 35 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 3% fewer than the 36 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Lydd were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 72 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lydd, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in Lydd.

Where Lydd ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,867th
Most casualties
1,890th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,661st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (13%)
  • Tuesday22 (10%)
  • Wednesday21 (9.7%)
  • Thursday31 (14%)
  • Friday28 (13%)
  • Saturday44 (20%)
  • Sunday41 (19%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight148 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit50 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (5.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (2.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway204 (94%)
  • Roundabout7 (3.2%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph202 (94%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph10 (4.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds174 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds25 (12%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other5 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded7 (3.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant126 (45%)
  • Pedestrian52 (19%)
  • Cyclist49 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lydd road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lydd, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lydd peaked at 9 in 1985; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202459
202334
202233
202148
202057
201922
201833
201766
201623
201544
201422
201367
201255
201122
201033
200946
200859
200722
200633
200522
200468
200333
200257
2001810
200048
199957
199844
199789
199667
199566
199444
199356
199233
199167
199078
1989810
198846
1987710
198622
1985915
198423
198378
1982915
198146
198044
1979712

Map of recent crashes in Lydd

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lydd

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lydd

The 24 most recent collisions in Lydd happened between 25 August 2019 and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lydd

Of the 216 collisions in Lydd, 104 were on the B2075.

Collisions in Lydd on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB2075104144126

Council area for Lydd

Lydd is in Folkestone and Hythe, where police recorded 15,498 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lydd accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Lydd

All 216 collisions in Lydd were in the TN29 postcode district.