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Wrotham Heath road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 228 road traffic collisions in Wrotham Heath, Tonbridge and Malling, from 1979 to 2025, and 369 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 53 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
228
1,811th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
369
1.62 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
8 people killed
Serious collisions
53
64 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wrotham Heath

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.6%
  • Serious5323%
  • Slight16974%

What the data shows

  • Wrotham Heath had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 45 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Wrotham Heath were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 29 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wrotham Heath, 7.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Wrotham Heath.

Where Wrotham Heath ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,811th
Most casualties
1,596th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,680th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (12%)
  • Tuesday29 (13%)
  • Wednesday30 (13%)
  • Thursday40 (18%)
  • Friday44 (19%)
  • Saturday26 (11%)
  • Sunday31 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight164 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (9.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway179 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway37 (16%)
  • Roundabout5 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph15 (6.6%)
  • 40 mph29 (13%)
  • 50 mph49 (21%)
  • 60 mph125 (55%)
  • 70 mph10 (4.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds178 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (14%)
  • Fog or mist5 (2.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other5 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant262 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist52 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (4.6%)
  • Van occupant11 (3%)
  • Pedestrian10 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (2.4%)
  • Cyclist6 (1.6%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wrotham Heath road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wrotham Heath, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wrotham Heath peaked at 12 in 1996; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202422
2023611
202235
202100
202033
201946
2018610
201734
201646
201533
201458
201322
201226
2011610
20101019
200966
200856
200734
200637
200557
200425
20031017
2002910
200146
2000712
1999627
199848
199756
19961218
19951019
199448
199312
199268
199135
199011
198967
19881117
198757
198647
198537
1984911
198333
198222
198123
198034
1979918

Map of recent crashes in Wrotham Heath

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wrotham Heath

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wrotham Heath

The 24 most recent collisions in Wrotham Heath happened between 20 January 2019 and 28 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wrotham Heath

The A20 has the most collisions in Wrotham Heath, 180 of 228 (79%), followed by the A25 (28).

Collisions in Wrotham Heath on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA20180287643
2ndA25283906
3rdB2016103302

Council area for Wrotham Heath

Wrotham Heath is in Tonbridge and Malling, where police recorded 19,983 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wrotham Heath accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode districts in Wrotham Heath

Collisions in Wrotham Heath were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TN15 (180) and ME19 (48).