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Sutton Valence road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 158 road traffic collisions in Sutton Valence, Maidstone, from 1979 to 2025, and 227 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 30 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
158
2,207th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
227
1.44 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
30
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sutton Valence

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal63.8%
  • Serious3019%
  • Slight12277%

What the data shows

  • Sutton Valence had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 54% fewer than the 41 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Sutton Valence were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 26 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sutton Valence, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Sutton Valence.

Where Sutton Valence ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,207th
Most casualties
2,119th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (12%)
  • Tuesday26 (16%)
  • Wednesday25 (16%)
  • Thursday19 (12%)
  • Friday24 (15%)
  • Saturday20 (13%)
  • Sunday25 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight104 (66%)
  • Dark, no street lighting33 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights lit16 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway153 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph86 (54%)
  • 40 mph16 (10%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph51 (32%)
  • 70 mph3 (1.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds119 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (20%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant150 (66%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (12%)
  • Pedestrian28 (12%)
  • Van occupant10 (4.4%)
  • Cyclist7 (3.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sutton Valence road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sutton Valence, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sutton Valence peaked at 8 in 2011; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202524
202400
202333
202223
202122
202046
201922
201800
201722
201623
201547
201434
201312
201245
2011812
201055
200967
200833
200734
200646
200555
200422
200356
200249
200127
200048
199911
199848
199747
199667
199555
199433
199355
1992611
199124
1990511
198911
198879
198746
198613
198546
198433
198356
198212
198146
198011
197945

Map of recent crashes in Sutton Valence

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sutton Valence

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sutton Valence

The 24 most recent collisions in Sutton Valence happened between 15 December 2014 and 2 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sutton Valence

Of the 158 collisions in Sutton Valence, 128 were on the A274.

Collisions in Sutton Valence on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA274128188627

Council area for Sutton Valence

Sutton Valence is in Maidstone, where police recorded 24,322 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sutton Valence accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Sutton Valence

All 158 collisions in Sutton Valence were in the ME17 postcode district.