County council · England
East Sussex road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 5,524 injury collisions in East Sussex's highway authority area, 1,710 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 5,524
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 7,439
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 78
- 1,632 serious, 3,814 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 52%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, East Sussex recorded 339 fatal or serious collisions, 1% below its average of 342 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | 296 | 720 | 1,032 | 1,377 |
312
|
| 2022 | 20 | 349 | 847 | 1,216 | 1,616 |
369
|
| 2023 | 11 | 319 | 803 | 1,133 | 1,539 |
330
|
| 2024 | 21 | 339 | 723 | 1,083 | 1,481 |
360
|
| 2025 | 10 | 329 | 721 | 1,060 | 1,426 |
339
|
| 2021–2025 | 78 | 1,632 | 3,814 | 5,524 | 7,439 | 1,710 |
Casualties by road user
7,439 people were hurt in these collisions: 82 killed, 1,798 seriously injured and 5,559 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 52% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 911 | 12.2% | 323 | 17.2% |
| Pedal cyclists | 522 | 7.0% | 181 | 9.6% |
| Motorcyclists | 977 | 13.1% | 482 | 25.6% |
| All road users | 7,439 | 100% | 1,880 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in East Sussex, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A259 751 collisions · 241 fatal or serious
- A22 266 collisions · 72 fatal or serious
- A27 252 collisions · 62 fatal or serious
- A21 236 collisions · 83 fatal or serious
- A26 167 collisions · 62 fatal or serious
- A267 136 collisions · 52 fatal or serious
- A269 79 collisions · 25 fatal or serious
- A272 78 collisions · 32 fatal or serious
- B2104 69 collisions · 18 fatal or serious
- A271 68 collisions · 26 fatal or serious
Areas within East Sussex
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from East Sussex
The council's road safety or traffic team holds the full police records for its area. A formal extract can add what the published data leaves out: contributory factors, the officer's description of each collision and the current year's provisional records. Developers, consultants and solicitors usually pay for it.
Check East Sussex's website for current fees, or contact its road safety team. Councils usually charge for extracts and send a quote before they start.
Source: Department for Transport road safety data (STATS19), 2021–2025, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Collisions are counted against the local highway authority area recorded by the police. Casualty severities are as recorded at the time and are not adjusted.