The A206: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 131 people were killed or seriously injured in 124 collisions on the A206, making it the 92th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
124
serious or fatal collisions
131
people killed or seriously injured
3
collisions that took a life
#92
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A206 carries 757 recorded injury collisions over the period, 124 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Greenwich, Bexley, Dartford. Collisions here are less likely than average to be fatal (2% against 7%), typical of lower-speed urban sections. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2024 with 29 serious collisions, and the count is flat between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A206
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
- Greenwich100 KSI
- Bexley16 KSI
- Dartford8 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A206
2025: 25 (down 13.8% on the year before) · peak 29 in 2024 · 0% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A206
How many accidents happen on the A206?
Police recorded 757 injury collisions on the A206 over 2021–2025, of which 124 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 131 people killed or seriously injured, including 3 fatal collisions.
Is the A206 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 92 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 85 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 A206 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Greenwich, Bexley, Dartford. 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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