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Meopham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 377 road traffic collisions in Meopham, Gravesham, from 1979 to 2025, and 519 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 69 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
377
1,357th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
519
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
69
74 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Meopham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.9%
  • Serious6918%
  • Slight30180%

What the data shows

  • Meopham had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 69 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Meopham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 38 children under 16 were killed or injured in Meopham, 7.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Meopham.

Where Meopham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,357th
Most casualties
1,294th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,440th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday57 (15%)
  • Tuesday48 (13%)
  • Wednesday50 (13%)
  • Thursday54 (14%)
  • Friday68 (18%)
  • Saturday52 (14%)
  • Sunday48 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight266 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting68 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (8.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway357 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway16 (4.2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph343 (91%)
  • 40 mph11 (2.9%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph20 (5.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds285 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (12%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other19 (5%)
  • Not recorded9 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant324 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist71 (14%)
  • Pedestrian69 (13%)
  • Cyclist28 (5.4%)
  • Van occupant12 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Meopham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Meopham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Meopham peaked at 18 in 2004; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202445
202358
202224
2021611
202066
2019712
201879
201733
201666
201500
201478
201355
201289
2011911
201069
2009810
2008913
2007810
2006910
2005912
20041828
200389
20021324
200178
2000914
199934
1998710
199768
199656
19951217
19941016
1993710
19921419
19911421
199079
1989610
198855
198766
198678
19851220
1984915
19831012
1982914
19811523
19801314
19791521

Map of recent crashes in Meopham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Meopham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Meopham

The 24 most recent collisions in Meopham happened between 1 December 2020 and 18 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Meopham

The A227 has the most collisions in Meopham, 308 of 377 (82%), followed by the B260 (12).

Collisions in Meopham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA227308436657
2ndB260121503

Council area for Meopham

Meopham is in Gravesham, where police recorded 14,499 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Meopham accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode district for Meopham

All 377 collisions in Meopham were in the DA13 postcode district.