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Kemptown, Brighton and Hove, BN2 1LT area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
508
1,190th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
609
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
19
Up 46% on 2024

Crash severity at the BN2 1LT hotspot

95 of the 508 collisions here (19%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal40.8%
  • Serious9118%
  • Slight41381%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
97
Slightly injured
508
All casualties
609

Accidents by year at the BN2 1LT hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 33 in 2003, against an average of 20 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BN2 1LT hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 19
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251921
20241317
20231920
20221313
20211921
20201621
201977
20182122
20171717
20162225
20152529
20142030
20132325
20121721
20112325
20101825
20091720
20081717
20072528
20061928
20052123
20042935
20033343
20022940
20012636

Map of crashes at the BN2 1LT hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BN2 1LT.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Kemptown, Brighton and Hove, BN2 1LT area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BN2 1LT hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Kemptown
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Nearest postcode to the centre
BN2 1LT
Postcode district
BN2
Centre (latitude, longitude)
50.82099, -0.12416
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
8 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,190th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BN2 1LT hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A259, with 94 of 508, followed by the B2066 with 38.

Collisions at the BN2 1LT hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA25994122113
2ndB20663842010
3rdB2118172000

Towns near the BN2 1LT hotspot

506 of the 508 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

All 508 crashes at the BN2 1LT hotspot

Newest first, from 1 January 2001 to 8 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year