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St Mary's Bay road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 131 road traffic collisions in St Mary's Bay, Folkestone and Hythe, from 1979 to 2025, and 187 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 31 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
131
2,460th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
187
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
31
40 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for St Mary's Bay

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal64.6%
  • Serious3124%
  • Slight9472%

What the data shows

  • St Mary's Bay had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 29 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in St Mary's Bay were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in St Mary's Bay are between noon and 3pm, with 27% of collisions.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in St Mary's Bay, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where St Mary's Bay ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,460th
Most casualties
2,354th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (16%)
  • Tuesday18 (14%)
  • Wednesday24 (18%)
  • Thursday17 (13%)
  • Friday13 (9.9%)
  • Saturday17 (13%)
  • Sunday21 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight97 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit31 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway124 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (4.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph39 (30%)
  • 40 mph83 (63%)
  • 60 mph9 (6.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds100 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Other3 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant116 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (14%)
  • Pedestrian24 (13%)
  • Cyclist10 (5.3%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

St Mary's Bay road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in St Mary's Bay, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in St Mary's Bay peaked at 9 in 1992; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202411
202334
202200
202100
202012
201945
201849
201711
201622
201511
201444
201312
201233
201100
201037
200944
200858
200722
200669
200544
200466
200322
200233
200137
200046
199922
1998618
199722
199612
199522
199457
199334
1992913
199111
199035
198911
198835
198712
198622
198511
198445
198368
198245
198111
198011
197956

Map of recent crashes in St Mary's Bay

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in St Mary's Bay

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in St Mary's Bay

The 24 most recent collisions in St Mary's Bay happened between 27 October 2012 and 15 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in St Mary's Bay

Of the 131 collisions in St Mary's Bay, 102 were on the A259.

Collisions in St Mary's Bay on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA259102154525

Council area for St Mary's Bay

St Mary's Bay is in Folkestone and Hythe, where police recorded 15,498 collisions from 1979 to 2025. St Mary's Bay accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for St Mary's Bay

All 131 collisions in St Mary's Bay were in the TN29 postcode district.