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Westerham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 290 road traffic collisions in Westerham, Sevenoaks, from 1979 to 2025, and 363 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 69 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
290
1,584th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
363
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
69
79 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Westerham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.4%
  • Serious6924%
  • Slight21775%

What the data shows

  • Westerham had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 10% fewer than the 48 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Westerham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 39 children under 16 were killed or injured in Westerham, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Westerham.

Where Westerham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,584th
Most casualties
1,606th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,440th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday34 (12%)
  • Tuesday50 (17%)
  • Wednesday49 (17%)
  • Thursday36 (12%)
  • Friday44 (15%)
  • Saturday36 (12%)
  • Sunday41 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight219 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit45 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting17 (5.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway283 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 20 mph3 (1%)
  • 30 mph264 (91%)
  • 40 mph4 (1.4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph16 (5.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds236 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds38 (13%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded6 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant172 (47%)
  • Pedestrian92 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist61 (17%)
  • Cyclist22 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Westerham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Westerham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Westerham peaked at 14 in 1997; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202422
202334
202279
202145
202033
201956
201833
201734
2016917
201527
201456
201369
201255
201155
201047
200923
2008610
200766
2006710
2005710
200478
200377
2002910
20011012
2000710
199945
199878
19971417
199699
199556
199489
199344
199222
199155
1990710
198945
198878
1987710
198678
1985910
19841317
198344
19821012
198133
1980912
19791417

Map of recent crashes in Westerham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Westerham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Westerham

The 24 most recent collisions in Westerham happened between 23 December 2019 and 7 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Westerham

The A25 has the most collisions in Westerham, 158 of 290 (54%), followed by the A233 (39).

Collisions in Westerham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA25158199230
2ndA2333943012
3rdB2026334317
4thB2024152508

Council area for Westerham

Westerham is in Sevenoaks, where police recorded 19,558 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Westerham accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Westerham

All 290 collisions in Westerham were in the TN16 postcode district.