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Tenterden road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 714 road traffic collisions in Tenterden, Ashford, from 1979 to 2025, and 909 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 146 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
714
936th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
909
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
146
161 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Tenterden

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.4%
  • Serious14620%
  • Slight55878%

What the data shows

  • Tenterden had 75 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 155 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Tenterden were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 103 children under 16 were killed or injured in Tenterden, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Tenterden.

Where Tenterden ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
936th
Most casualties
928th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
880th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday95 (13%)
  • Tuesday106 (15%)
  • Wednesday96 (13%)
  • Thursday125 (18%)
  • Friday123 (17%)
  • Saturday107 (15%)
  • Sunday62 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight563 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit104 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (1.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (1.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway695 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (1%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph510 (71%)
  • 40 mph158 (22%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph43 (6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds562 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds103 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Other14 (2%)
  • Not recorded20 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant488 (54%)
  • Pedestrian206 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist107 (12%)
  • Cyclist72 (7.9%)
  • Van occupant12 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Tenterden road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Tenterden, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Tenterden peaked at 30 in 1984; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251215
202457
2023912
2022810
202156
202066
201989
201867
201768
20161012
20151114
201477
20131012
20122034
20111112
20101520
20091518
20082532
20072533
20061622
20051317
20041821
20032326
20021318
20011926
20002132
19991821
19982432
19971518
19962028
19952226
19942126
19932331
19921722
19911419
19901925
19891921
19881515
19871920
19861316
19851617
19843035
19831827
19821112
19811323
19801922
19791117

Map of recent crashes in Tenterden

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Tenterden

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Tenterden

The 24 most recent collisions in Tenterden happened between 11 April 2023 and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Tenterden

The A28 has the most collisions in Tenterden, 513 of 714 (72%), followed by the B2067 (56).

Collisions in Tenterden on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA285136709110
2ndB2067566602
3rdB20805671015
4thB2082171902

Council area for Tenterden

Tenterden is in Ashford, where police recorded 18,746 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Tenterden accounts for 3.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Tenterden

Collisions in Tenterden were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TN30 (708) and TN17 (6).