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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Chatham, Larkfield.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 217 collisions are on record, 4 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 J8. 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 J8 → 6 of 15 junctions on the M20 · see where it ranks nationallyM20 J8 is at Hollingbourne & Harrietsham. National Highways signs it as Hollingbourne. 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 43 collisions on the M20 within 2 miles of J8, including 0 fatal and 11 serious. Counting every road in the area, 217 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 274 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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