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Hastings road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 167 road traffic collisions in Hastings in 2025, and 211 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 52 were serious.

Collisions were level with 2024, and casualties fell from 220.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 12,494 collisions in Hastings.

Collisions in 2025
167
Level with 2024
Casualties in 2025
211
Down 4% on 2024
Fatal collisions
0
0% of collisions
Serious collisions
52
31% of collisions

Crash severity in Hastings in 2025

None of the collisions in Hastings in 2025 were fatal and 31% were serious, against 0.9% and 19% in Hastings from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious5231%
  • Slight11569%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious5526%
  • Slight15674%

Hastings road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hastings, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 354 in 1994. 2025 is highlighted, with 167, level with 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 167
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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YearCollisionsCasualties
2025167211
2024167220
2023174213
2022205256
2021164215
2020170200
2019236297
2018180236
2017195251
2016233295
2015237296
2014224270
2013204261
2012206260
2011202252
2010197235
2009245300
2008269334
2007276375
2006240305
2005292376
2004253324
2003290392
2002291363
2001282366
2000273329
1999348448
1998324428
1997300395
1996337435
1995297377
1994354452
1993288361
1992301366
1991325402
1990338431
1989337419
1988306371
1987304380
1986293365
1985315378
1984304392
1983325391
1982319393
1981296373
1980310380
1979301369

When and where crashes happen in Hastings in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (17%)
  • Tuesday20 (12%)
  • Wednesday20 (12%)
  • Thursday20 (12%)
  • Friday38 (23%)
  • Saturday18 (11%)
  • Sunday23 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:593 (1.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:591 (0.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5917 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5919 (11%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5940 (24%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5949 (29%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5924 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5914 (8.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January14 (8.4%)
  • February14 (8.4%)
  • March13 (7.8%)
  • April13 (7.8%)
  • May14 (8.4%)
  • June16 (9.6%)
  • July12 (7.2%)
  • August14 (8.4%)
  • September12 (7.2%)
  • October8 (4.8%)
  • November17 (10%)
  • December20 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight125 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds138 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (9.6%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other5 (3%)
  • Not recorded5 (3%)

Road surface

  • Dry127 (76%)
  • Wet or damp40 (24%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (3%)
  • 30 mph151 (90%)
  • 40 mph8 (4.8%)
  • 60 mph3 (1.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway151 (90%)
  • Roundabout8 (4.8%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (3.6%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Hastings in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant98 (46%)
  • Motorcyclist47 (22%)
  • Pedestrian38 (18%)
  • Cyclist20 (9.5%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.5%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 53 (1.4%)
  • 6 to 1010 (4.7%)
  • 11 to 158 (3.8%)
  • 16 to 2021 (10%)
  • 21 to 2521 (10%)
  • 26 to 3539 (18%)
  • 36 to 4531 (15%)
  • 46 to 5518 (8.5%)
  • 56 to 6525 (12%)
  • 66 to 7513 (6.2%)
  • Over 7519 (9%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider129 (61%)
  • Passenger44 (21%)
  • Pedestrian38 (18%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car224 (70%)
  • Motorcycle50 (16%)
  • Pedal cycle21 (6.5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes15 (4.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car5 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle3 (0.9%)
  • Bus or coach1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown1 (0.3%)
  • Minibus1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Hastings in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Hastings

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Hastings ranked among 351 areas in 2025

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Hastings had fewer road collisions than 226 of them in 2025.

Collisions
227th
of 351 areas, highest first
Casualties
231st
of 351 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
None
joint lowest with 31 other areas
Serious collisions
188th
of 351 areas, highest first

Accident hotspots in Hastings in 2025

Castle, Hastings, TN34 1NH area was the busiest accident hotspot in Hastings in 2025, with 28 collisions, 6 of them serious.

Roads in Hastings with the most crashes in 2025

The A259 had the most collisions in Hastings in 2025: 22, including 8 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Hastings, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA259223208
2ndA21151607
3rdB2093152005
4thA2101111603
5thA21007901
6thB21596802
7thA21024501
8thA26903500
9thB20922202

Towns in Hastings: crashes in 2025

Hastings had 153 collisions in 2025.

Postcode districts in Hastings: crashes in 2025

TN34 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Hastings in 2025: 65.

Latest crashes in Hastings in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Hastings in 2025, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2025.

Severity

Hastings road accidents in other years