The M2: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 94 people were killed or seriously injured in 88 collisions on the M2, making it the 146th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
88
serious or fatal collisions
94
people killed or seriously injured
8
collisions that took a life
#146
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The M2 carries 319 recorded injury collisions over the period, 88 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Swale, Tonbridge and Malling, Medway, with 2 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 9%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 70 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2023 with 20 serious collisions, and the count is flat between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the M2
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
- Swale41 KSI
- Tonbridge and Malling18 KSI
- Medway18 KSI
- Maidstone8 KSI
- Gravesham3 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the M2
2025: 16 (down 15.8% on the year before) · peak 20 in 2023 · 0% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the M2
How many accidents happen on the M2?
Police recorded 319 injury collisions on the M2 over 2021–2025, of which 88 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 94 people killed or seriously injured, including 8 fatal collisions.
Is the M2 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 146 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 11 among motorways. 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 M2 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Swale, Tonbridge and Malling, 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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