County council · England
West Sussex road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 8,446 injury collisions in West Sussex's highway authority area, 2,309 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 8,446
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 11,190
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 101
- 2,208 serious, 6,137 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 50%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, West Sussex recorded 454 fatal or serious collisions, 2% below its average of 462 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | 405 | 1,084 | 1,515 | 1,974 |
431
|
| 2022 | 22 | 460 | 1,344 | 1,826 | 2,453 |
482
|
| 2023 | 25 | 444 | 1,341 | 1,810 | 2,379 |
469
|
| 2024 | 19 | 454 | 1,209 | 1,682 | 2,250 |
473
|
| 2025 | 9 | 445 | 1,159 | 1,613 | 2,134 |
454
|
| 2021–2025 | 101 | 2,208 | 6,137 | 8,446 | 11,190 | 2,309 |
Casualties by road user
11,190 people were hurt in these collisions: 107 killed, 2,447 seriously injured and 8,636 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 50% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 1,084 | 9.7% | 351 | 13.7% |
| Pedal cyclists | 1,161 | 10.4% | 354 | 13.9% |
| Motorcyclists | 1,308 | 11.7% | 570 | 22.3% |
| All road users | 11,190 | 100% | 2,554 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in West Sussex, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A259 641 collisions · 173 fatal or serious
- A27 592 collisions · 134 fatal or serious
- A23 362 collisions · 78 fatal or serious
- A272 299 collisions · 101 fatal or serious
- A24 264 collisions · 70 fatal or serious
- A29 245 collisions · 90 fatal or serious
- A283 200 collisions · 64 fatal or serious
- A286 193 collisions · 59 fatal or serious
- A264 184 collisions · 46 fatal or serious
- A281 155 collisions · 57 fatal or serious
Areas within West Sussex
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from West 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 West 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.