Tractor plunges from bridge onto M20
19th August 2025
The tractor driver was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after the incident near Wrotham.
South East Coast Ambulance Service said it was called to reports of a collision involving a tractor and a lorry at 11.20am yesterday (18th August), which resulted in the tractor falling from a bridge.
The incident took place on the A227 overbridge near Wrotham.
Footage circulating on social media shows a trailer being pulled by the tractor swaying on a roundabout before detaching. The tractor subsequently fell from the bridge onto the central reservation between junction two and three of the M20.
Kent Police, Kent Fire & Rescue Service, a critical care paramedic and The Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex also attended the scene.
A spokesperson for Kent Police said: “A tractor travelling on the A227 Gravesend Road became separated from its trailer and subsequently fell on to the central reservation between junction two and three of the M20.”
Police said initial enquiries point to the incident being a single-vehicle collision.
The driver of the tractor was airlifted to Kings College Hospital with serious injuries and is said to be in a critical but stable condition.
The M20 and A227 were closed while roads were made safe and the vehicle and trailer were recovered. The carriageways are now reopened.
Kent Police is seeking dashcam footage and witnesses following the collision. Anyone with information or footage is urged to call the west Kent appeals line on 01622 604100, quoting reference 18-0475.
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