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Newington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 343 road traffic collisions in Newington, Swale, from 1979 to 2025, and 472 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 57 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
343
1,437th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
472
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
57
75 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal102.9%
  • Serious5717%
  • Slight27680%

What the data shows

  • Newington had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 52 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Newington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 65 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newington, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Newington.

Where Newington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,437th
Most casualties
1,377th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,615th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (14%)
  • Tuesday50 (15%)
  • Wednesday50 (15%)
  • Thursday44 (13%)
  • Friday56 (16%)
  • Saturday47 (14%)
  • Sunday47 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight249 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit80 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway337 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.9%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph190 (55%)
  • 40 mph135 (39%)
  • 60 mph14 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds290 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Other6 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant276 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist79 (17%)
  • Pedestrian64 (14%)
  • Cyclist21 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newington peaked at 17 in 1994; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202467
202346
202212
202177
202045
201969
201856
2017711
2016710
201535
2014710
2013614
201246
201133
201066
200966
200869
200745
200679
2005810
200445
2003912
200222
20011010
200078
19991013
199845
1997610
1996913
199569
19941727
19931626
19921416
19911117
199088
19891113
1988611
19871120
19861113
19851222
198477
198358
198277
19811116
198077
19791014

Map of recent crashes in Newington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newington

The 24 most recent collisions in Newington happened between 22 October 2020 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newington

Of the 343 collisions in Newington, 282 were on the A2.

Collisions in Newington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2282401943

Council area for Newington

Newington is in Swale, where police recorded 19,855 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newington accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode district for Newington

All 343 collisions in Newington were in the ME9 postcode district.