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M20 J9 at 14:03 on Tuesday 6 October: 1 nearby.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Ashford, Faversham, Hythe.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 836 collisions are on record, 18 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 J9. 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 J9 → 10 of 15 junctions on the M20 · see where it ranks nationallyM20 J9 is at Ashford & Lenham. National Highways signs it as Ashford West. The nearest town is Ashford.
Not at M20 J9 itself as of 14:03. Nearby, National Highways report: The M20 westbound exit slip at junction J7. Broken Down Vehicle. There is one of two lanes closed. The hard shoulder and lane one are closed. The event is expected to clear between 13:30 and 13:45 on… (2 junctions away).
No closure is listed at M20 J9 as of 14:03.
Police STATS19 records show 27 collisions on the M20 within 2 miles of J9, including 1 fatal and 4 serious. Counting every road in the area, 836 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 322 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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