The A229: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 109 people were killed or seriously injured in 101 collisions on the A229, making it the 120th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
101
serious or fatal collisions
109
people killed or seriously injured
5
collisions that took a life
#120
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A229 carries 448 recorded injury collisions over the period, 101 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Medway, with 1 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 2023 with 25 serious collisions, and the count is up 20% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A229
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
- Maidstone61 KSI
- Tunbridge Wells18 KSI
- Medway11 KSI
- Tonbridge and Malling11 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A229
2025: 18 (down 21.7% on the year before) · peak 25 in 2023 · +20% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A229
How many accidents happen on the A229?
Police recorded 448 injury collisions on the A229 over 2021–2025, of which 101 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 109 people killed or seriously injured, including 5 fatal collisions.
Is the A229 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 120 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 110 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 A229 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Maidstone, Tunbridge Wells, Medway. 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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