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Preston Park, Brighton and Hove, BN1 6DQ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
681
718th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
833
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
24
Up 85% on 2024

Crash severity at the BN1 6DQ hotspot

128 of the 681 collisions here (19%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.1%
  • Serious12719%
  • Slight55381%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
131
Slightly injured
701
All casualties
833

Accidents by year at the BN1 6DQ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 41 in 2002, against an average of 27 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BN1 6DQ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 24
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252424
20241314
20232022
20221418
20212325
20202424
20191921
20183031
20173136
20163343
20152835
20142527
20132226
20123551
20112734
20103337
20092020
20082632
20072532
20063744
20053239
20043141
20033248
20024163
20013646

Map of crashes at the BN1 6DQ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BN1 6DQ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Preston Park, Brighton and Hove, BN1 6DQ 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 BN1 6DQ 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
Preston Park
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Nearest postcode to the centre
BN1 6DQ
Postcode district
BN1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
50.84024, -0.15073
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
20 December 2025
Rank by collisions
718th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BN1 6DQ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A23, with 245 of 681, followed by the A270 with 29.

Collisions at the BN1 6DQ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA23245329142
2ndA270294401
3rdA2010243101
4thB21215500
5thA271100

Towns near the BN1 6DQ hotspot

All 681 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

All 681 crashes at the BN1 6DQ hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 20 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year