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Sheerness road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,606 road traffic collisions in Sheerness, Swale, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,951 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 275 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 19 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,606
534th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,951
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
24 people killed
Serious collisions
275
306 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
19
19 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
Down 5% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Sheerness

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.2%
  • Serious27517%
  • Slight1,31182%

What the data shows

  • Sheerness had 245 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 298 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Sheerness were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 400 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sheerness, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in Sheerness.

Where Sheerness ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
534th
Most casualties
553rd
Most fatal collisions
497th
Most serious collisions
542nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday231 (14%)
  • Tuesday242 (15%)
  • Wednesday244 (15%)
  • Thursday232 (14%)
  • Friday262 (16%)
  • Saturday251 (16%)
  • Sunday144 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,175 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit369 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown25 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit25 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,384 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road126 (7.8%)
  • Roundabout50 (3.1%)
  • Dual carriageway33 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph21 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph1,457 (91%)
  • 40 mph33 (2.1%)
  • 50 mph30 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph63 (3.9%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,316 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds171 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds15 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.4%)
  • Other39 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded32 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant836 (43%)
  • Pedestrian504 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist299 (15%)
  • Cyclist225 (12%)
  • Van occupant23 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant12 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sheerness road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sheerness, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sheerness peaked at 56 in 1992; 2025 had 19.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 19
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251920
20241921
20232026
20223038
20212635
20201822
20192938
20182224
20173242
20163045
20152739
20142838
20133447
20122634
20112432
20103030
20092931
20083640
20073345
20063141
20054051
20043949
20033245
20024758
20014652
20003842
19993946
19983335
19973845
19963137
19953141
19944550
19934146
19925674
19915057
19904248
19893447
19883237
19874046
19863640
19853948
19843946
19833334
19823437
19814247
19804254
19794451

Map of recent crashes in Sheerness

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sheerness

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sheerness

The 24 most recent collisions in Sheerness happened between 26 October 2024 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sheerness

The A250 has the most collisions in Sheerness, 411 of 1,606 (26%), followed by the A249 (273).

Collisions in Sheerness on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA250411491565
2ndA249273366753
3rdB2007161805

Council area for Sheerness

Sheerness is in Swale, where police recorded 19,855 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sheerness accounts for 8.1% of them.

Postcode districts in Sheerness

Collisions in Sheerness were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by ME12 (1,576) and ME11 (30).