The A2: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 492 people were killed or seriously injured in 461 collisions on the A2, making it the 10th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
461
serious or fatal collisions
492
people killed or seriously injured
23
collisions that took a life
#10
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A2 carries 2,301 recorded injury collisions over the period, 461 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Southwark, Medway, Lewisham, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 5%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2025 with 106 serious collisions, and the count is up 45% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A2
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Southwark84 KSI
- Medway74 KSI
- Lewisham64 KSI
- Dartford58 KSI
- Swale48 KSI
- Greenwich35 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A2
2025: 106 (up 3.9% on the year before) · peak 106 in 2025 · +45.2% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A2
How many accidents happen on the A2?
Police recorded 2,301 injury collisions on the A2 over 2021–2025, of which 461 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 492 people killed or seriously injured, including 23 fatal collisions.
Is the A2 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 10 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 10 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A2 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Southwark, Medway, Lewisham. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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