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Southborough road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 649 road traffic collisions in Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, from 1979 to 2025, and 781 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 120 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
649
989th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
781
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
120
123 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Southborough

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.1%
  • Serious12018%
  • Slight52280%

What the data shows

  • Southborough had 87 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 20% fewer than the 109 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Southborough were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 134 children under 16 were killed or injured in Southborough, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Southborough.

Where Southborough ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
989th
Most casualties
1,015th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,009th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday89 (14%)
  • Tuesday92 (14%)
  • Wednesday99 (15%)
  • Thursday97 (15%)
  • Friday118 (18%)
  • Saturday85 (13%)
  • Sunday69 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight490 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit141 (22%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway625 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (1.2%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph625 (96%)
  • 40 mph12 (1.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph7 (1.1%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds516 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds99 (15%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other13 (2%)
  • Not recorded12 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant335 (43%)
  • Pedestrian185 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist164 (21%)
  • Cyclist74 (9.5%)
  • Van occupant8 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Southborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Southborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Southborough peaked at 28 in 1994; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202466
2023911
202257
202189
20201111
20191113
20181113
20171113
201689
2015823
20141319
201344
20121316
20111318
20101314
20091417
20081314
200767
20061216
200556
20041720
20032123
20021213
20012125
20001013
19991823
19982227
19971516
19961314
19952021
19942831
19931111
19921924
19911112
19901621
19891112
19881314
19871825
19861720
19851114
19842833
19831315
19822328
19812527
19802030
19791516

Map of recent crashes in Southborough

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Southborough

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Southborough

The 24 most recent collisions in Southborough happened between 7 November 2022 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Southborough

Of the 649 collisions in Southborough, 382 were on the A26.

Collisions in Southborough on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA26382472777

Council area for Southborough

Southborough is in Tunbridge Wells, where police recorded 17,128 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Southborough accounts for 3.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Southborough

Collisions in Southborough were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TN4 (629) and TN2 (20).