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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Maidstone, Larkfield, West Malling, Snodland.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,277 collisions are on record, 9 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M20 itself, within 2 miles of J5. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M20 J5 → 3 of 15 junctions on the M20 · see where it ranks nationallyM20 J5 is at Maidstone & Barming. National Highways signs it as Maidstone West. The nearest town is Maidstone.
Live incidents for the whole M20 are listed on the M20 traffic page, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
Police STATS19 records show 63 collisions on the M20 within 2 miles of J5, including 1 fatal and 6 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,277 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 196 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M20, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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