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New Romney road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 471 road traffic collisions in New Romney, Folkestone and Hythe, from 1979 to 2025, and 623 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 82 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 14 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
471
1,203rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
623
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
82
90 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
14
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
21
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for New Romney

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.9%
  • Serious8217%
  • Slight38081%

What the data shows

  • New Romney had 73 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 103 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in New Romney were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 108 children under 16 were killed or injured in New Romney, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in New Romney.

Where New Romney ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,203rd
Most casualties
1,172nd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,288th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday63 (13%)
  • Tuesday61 (13%)
  • Wednesday57 (12%)
  • Thursday72 (15%)
  • Friday101 (21%)
  • Saturday70 (15%)
  • Sunday47 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight351 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit100 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway454 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (1.7%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph411 (87%)
  • 40 mph30 (6.4%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph24 (5.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds360 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds75 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other11 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded15 (3.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant326 (52%)
  • Pedestrian137 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist83 (13%)
  • Cyclist53 (8.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant6 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

New Romney road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in New Romney, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in New Romney peaked at 22 in 2001; 2025 had 14.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251421
202422
20231013
202247
202146
2020710
201969
201866
20171019
20161010
20151117
20141114
20131116
20121218
2011910
201056
20091214
200879
20071418
20061112
20051216
20041112
20031315
20021420
20012223
20001220
19991022
19981013
19971221
19961113
19951112
19941419
199389
1992914
19911214
19901418
19891416
19881114
19871620
198655
198567
198499
198389
198213
19811219
1980611
19791212

Map of recent crashes in New Romney

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in New Romney

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in New Romney

The 24 most recent collisions in New Romney happened between 14 April 2023 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in New Romney

The A259 has the most collisions in New Romney, 271 of 471 (58%), followed by the B2071 (92).

Collisions in New Romney on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA259271383549
2ndB207192118215
3rdB2070111214

Council area for New Romney

New Romney is in Folkestone and Hythe, where police recorded 15,498 collisions from 1979 to 2025. New Romney accounts for 3% of them.

Postcode districts in New Romney

Collisions in New Romney were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TN28 (464) and TN29 (7).