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West Hill & North Laine, Brighton and Hove, BN1 1UE area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
3,771
7th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
4,435
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
20 people killed
Collisions in 2025
99
Up 30% on 2024

Crash severity at the BN1 1UE hotspot

659 of the 3,771 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal200.5%
  • Serious63917%
  • Slight3,11283%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
20
Seriously injured
666
Slightly injured
3,749
All casualties
4,435

Accidents by year at the BN1 1UE hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 232 in 2001, against an average of 151 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the BN1 1UE hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 99
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202599108
20247680
2023107118
2022117128
2021117130
20207984
2019122136
2018116136
2017138159
2016121141
2015146208
2014142171
2013149182
2012134155
2011180210
2010192226
2009158193
2008183219
2007203253
2006189228
2005187217
2004209254
2003189220
2002186211
2001232268

Map of crashes at the BN1 1UE hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near BN1 1UE.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the West Hill & North Laine, Brighton and Hove, BN1 1UE 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 1UE 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
West Hill & North Laine
Council area
Brighton and Hove
Nearest postcode to the centre
BN1 1UE
Postcode district
BN1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
50.8234, -0.138
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
23 December 2025
Rank by collisions
7th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the BN1 1UE hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A23, with 914 of 3,771, followed by the B2066 with 658.

Collisions at the BN1 1UE hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA239141,1247162
2ndB2066658772598
3rdA2595336292124
4thA2010269306041
5thB21196771010
6thA270648205
7thB2118445404
8thB2121374107
9thA273310
10thB20063300
11thA11100
12thA5291100
13thB20101100
14thB20551201
15thB20681200
16thB21031100
17thB21221100
18thB21881100
19thB2661100
20thB43601101

Towns near the BN1 1UE hotspot

3,768 of the 3,771 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Brighton and Hove.

All 3,771 crashes at the BN1 1UE hotspot

Newest first, from 3 January 2001 to 23 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity