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Whitstable road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,386 road traffic collisions in Whitstable, Canterbury, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,095 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 32 were fatal and 458 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 34 collisions, up 36% on 2024 (25).

Collisions since 1979
2,386
401st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,095
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
32
32 people killed
Serious collisions
458
529 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
34
Up 36% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
46
Up 35% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Whitstable

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal321.3%
  • Serious45819%
  • Slight1,89679%

What the data shows

  • Whitstable had 331 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 449 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Whitstable were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 442 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whitstable, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 24% of collisions in Whitstable.

Where Whitstable ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
401st
Most casualties
390th
Most fatal collisions
323rd
Most serious collisions
359th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday344 (14%)
  • Tuesday315 (13%)
  • Wednesday332 (14%)
  • Thursday343 (14%)
  • Friday397 (17%)
  • Saturday380 (16%)
  • Sunday275 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,785 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit499 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting48 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit28 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown26 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,052 (86%)
  • Roundabout171 (7.2%)
  • Dual carriageway89 (3.7%)
  • One way street or slip road64 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph41 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph1,839 (77%)
  • 40 mph141 (5.9%)
  • 50 mph7 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph331 (14%)
  • 70 mph27 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,985 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds239 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist16 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds14 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other45 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded55 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,576 (51%)
  • Pedestrian549 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist460 (15%)
  • Cyclist367 (12%)
  • Van occupant55 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant53 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whitstable road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whitstable, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whitstable peaked at 98 in 1996; 2025 had 34.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 34
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253446
20242534
20233561
20223942
20212640
20202532
20193546
20183747
20174655
20162932
20154046
20144356
20134354
20124262
20114152
20104963
20094153
20085469
20075466
20064249
20056273
20045777
20035057
20024459
20015268
20004249
19995567
19985691
199782111
199698128
19955682
19947595
19936992
199274109
19914958
19904656
19895869
19884453
19874259
19864258
19855361
19846982
19837584
19825368
198171106
19806582
19796796

Map of recent crashes in Whitstable

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whitstable

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whitstable

The 24 most recent collisions in Whitstable happened between 14 May and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whitstable

The B2205 has the most collisions in Whitstable, 671 of 2,386 (28%), followed by the A299 (297).

Collisions in Whitstable on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB22056718148129
2ndA2992974741467
3rdA290203246042
4thA2990195287132

Council area for Whitstable

Whitstable is in Canterbury, where police recorded 20,515 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whitstable accounts for 12% of them.

Postcode district for Whitstable

All 2,386 collisions in Whitstable were in the CT5 postcode district.