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Minster (Thanet) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 587 road traffic collisions in Minster, Thanet, from 1979 to 2025, and 828 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 109 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, up from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
587
1,052nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
828
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
17 people killed
Serious collisions
109
128 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Minster

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal162.7%
  • Serious10919%
  • Slight46279%

What the data shows

  • Minster had 118 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 150 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Minster were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 84 children under 16 were killed or injured in Minster, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Minster.

Where Minster ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,052nd
Most casualties
988th
Most fatal collisions
588th
Most serious collisions
1,083rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday81 (14%)
  • Tuesday86 (15%)
  • Wednesday76 (13%)
  • Thursday86 (15%)
  • Friday85 (14%)
  • Saturday99 (17%)
  • Sunday74 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight443 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit85 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting44 (7.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway479 (82%)
  • Roundabout69 (12%)
  • Dual carriageway33 (5.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1%)
  • 30 mph254 (43%)
  • 40 mph96 (16%)
  • 50 mph32 (5.5%)
  • 60 mph176 (30%)
  • 70 mph23 (3.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds447 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds75 (13%)
  • Fog or mist10 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other21 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded16 (2.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant557 (67%)
  • Motorcyclist121 (15%)
  • Pedestrian55 (6.6%)
  • Cyclist47 (5.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)17 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant14 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Minster road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Minster, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Minster peaked at 21 in 2014; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251113
20241017
20231011
202279
20211116
20201420
20191117
20181014
20171524
20161928
20151927
20142128
20131825
201277
20111316
20101213
20091421
20081620
20071316
20061725
20051524
20041113
20031213
20021527
20011114
20001115
199959
1998817
19971315
199667
19951017
1994812
19931733
19921115
199156
19901928
19891733
19881421
19871010
1986810
19851115
19841618
19831518
1982912
19811319
19801218
19791722

Map of recent crashes in Minster

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Minster

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Minster

The 24 most recent collisions in Minster happened between 12 August 2023 and 23 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Minster

The A253 has the most collisions in Minster, 156 of 587 (27%), followed by the B2050 (94).

Collisions in Minster on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA253156235518
2ndB205094133115
3rdA2566194218
4thB21905378315
5thA299426537
6thB2048253907
7thB2047232504

Council area for Minster

Minster is in Thanet, where police recorded 19,901 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Minster accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Minster

Collisions in Minster were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by CT12 (580) and CT9 (7).