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Sturry road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 586 road traffic collisions in Sturry, Canterbury, from 1979 to 2025, and 750 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 101 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
586
1,053rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
750
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
101
109 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sturry

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.7%
  • Serious10117%
  • Slight48182%

What the data shows

  • Sturry had 90 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 116 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Sturry were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 96 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sturry, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Sturry.

Where Sturry ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,053rd
Most casualties
1,056th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,142nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday94 (16%)
  • Tuesday83 (14%)
  • Wednesday101 (17%)
  • Thursday78 (13%)
  • Friday101 (17%)
  • Saturday81 (14%)
  • Sunday48 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight442 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit115 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway562 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway15 (2.6%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (1.2%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph403 (69%)
  • 40 mph140 (24%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph32 (5.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds479 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds71 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.7%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded15 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant415 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist128 (17%)
  • Pedestrian100 (13%)
  • Cyclist74 (9.9%)
  • Van occupant14 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sturry road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sturry, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sturry peaked at 23 in 1998; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025710
2024910
202399
2022715
202144
2020915
20191012
20181324
20171318
201699
20151012
20141320
20131623
2012911
20111620
20101112
20091416
20081113
200755
20061114
20051111
20041114
20031420
20021119
20011318
2000913
19991826
19982330
19971415
19962025
19951415
19942226
19932126
199288
1991912
19901616
19891316
19881112
19871116
19861111
19851420
19841111
19831728
19821922
19811923
198078
19791317

Map of recent crashes in Sturry

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sturry

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sturry

The 24 most recent collisions in Sturry happened between 23 January 2023 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sturry

The A28 has the most collisions in Sturry, 397 of 586 (68%), followed by the A291 (64).

Collisions in Sturry on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA28397512470
2ndA2916477012

Council area for Sturry

Sturry is in Canterbury, where police recorded 20,515 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sturry accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode district for Sturry

All 586 collisions in Sturry were in the CT2 postcode district.