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Staplehurst road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 344 road traffic collisions in Staplehurst, Maidstone, from 1979 to 2025, and 442 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 83 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
344
1,433rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
442
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
83
90 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Staplehurst

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal82.3%
  • Serious8324%
  • Slight25374%

What the data shows

  • Staplehurst had 42 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 71 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Staplehurst were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 76 children under 16 were killed or injured in Staplehurst, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Staplehurst.

Where Staplehurst ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,433rd
Most casualties
1,437th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,275th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday45 (13%)
  • Tuesday44 (13%)
  • Wednesday62 (18%)
  • Thursday47 (14%)
  • Friday66 (19%)
  • Saturday40 (12%)
  • Sunday40 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight242 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit71 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting25 (7.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway339 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph244 (71%)
  • 40 mph44 (13%)
  • 50 mph8 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph48 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds281 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant226 (51%)
  • Pedestrian84 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist72 (16%)
  • Cyclist34 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant14 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Staplehurst road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Staplehurst, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Staplehurst peaked at 17 in 1994; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202435
202346
202268
202156
202023
201945
201855
2017710
201633
201545
201469
2013810
201255
201156
20101012
20091119
2008811
2007915
200657
20051218
200479
200388
200223
20011015
200057
199944
199868
1997710
199656
199558
19941721
199325
199288
19911116
19901010
198978
198866
1987811
198688
19851114
1984912
19831114
19821112
19811518
19801416
19791213

Map of recent crashes in Staplehurst

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Staplehurst

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Staplehurst

The 24 most recent collisions in Staplehurst happened between 5 November 2019 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Staplehurst

Of the 344 collisions in Staplehurst, 265 were on the A229.

Collisions in Staplehurst on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA229265355666

Council area for Staplehurst

Staplehurst is in Maidstone, where police recorded 24,322 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Staplehurst accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Staplehurst

All 344 collisions in Staplehurst were in the TN12 postcode district.