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Polegate North, Wealden, BN26 6BY area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
585
944th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
797
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
8
Down 60% on 2024

Crash severity at the BN26 6BY hotspot

70 of the 585 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.5%
  • Serious6711%
  • Slight51588%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
71
Slightly injured
723
All casualties
797

Accidents by year at the BN26 6BY hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 32 in 2002, against an average of 23 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BN26 6BY hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025810
20242027
20232226
20222223
20211623
20202329
20191926
20182742
20172528
20162038
20153049
20142837
20132629
20122133
20112129
20102636
20091823
20082633
20073041
20062132
20052843
20042533
20032230
20023242
20012935

Map of crashes at the BN26 6BY hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BN26 6BY.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Polegate North, Wealden, BN26 6BY area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the BN26 6BY 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
Polegate North
Council area
Wealden
Nearest postcode to the centre
BN26 6BY
Postcode district
BN26
Centre (latitude, longitude)
50.82422, 0.2405
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
14 November 2025
Rank by collisions
944th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BN26 6BY hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A27, with 260 of 585, followed by the A22 with 116.

Collisions at the BN26 6BY hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA27260387219
2ndA22116154112
3rdA22706790013
4thB2247354605
5thA27002200
6thA22001100
7thA241100

Towns near the BN26 6BY hotspot

290 of the 585 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Polegate.

All 585 crashes at the BN26 6BY hotspot

Newest first, from 6 January 2001 to 14 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year