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BN21 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,867 road traffic collisions in the BN21 postcode district, Eastbourne, from 1979 to 2025, and 6,216 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 33 were fatal and 873 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 58 collisions, up 21% on 2024 (48).

Collisions since 1979
4,867
598th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
6,216
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
33
33 people killed
Serious collisions
873
952 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
58
Up 21% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
74
Up 25% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BN21

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal330.7%
  • Serious87318%
  • Slight3,96181%

What the data shows

  • BN21 had 641 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 831 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in BN21 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 568 children under 16 were killed or injured in BN21, 9.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in BN21.

Where BN21 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
598th
Most casualties
644th
Most fatal collisions
1,756th
Most serious collisions
584th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday725 (15%)
  • Tuesday718 (15%)
  • Wednesday740 (15%)
  • Thursday750 (15%)
  • Friday841 (17%)
  • Saturday667 (14%)
  • Sunday426 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,630 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,127 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown77 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit23 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,758 (77%)
  • One way street or slip road615 (13%)
  • Roundabout275 (5.7%)
  • Dual carriageway170 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded49 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph31 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph4,536 (93%)
  • 40 mph286 (5.9%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph9 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,907 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds557 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds137 (2.8%)
  • Fine with high winds94 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other60 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded92 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,987 (48%)
  • Pedestrian1,419 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist699 (11%)
  • Cyclist607 (9.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant299 (4.8%)
  • Van occupant86 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant68 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant27 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.1%)
  • Other4 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BN21 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BN21, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BN21 peaked at 163 in 1980; 2025 had 58.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 58
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20255874
20244859
20237188
20226483
20215670
20205265
20196779
20186987
20177084
201686105
201579102
201480101
20136788
20126991
20117486
20107291
200990106
2008100125
200798124
2006102136
200596129
2004125161
2003133176
2002112139
200199121
2000132188
1999124156
1998128168
1997108146
1996131178
1995122162
1994120154
1993105128
1992124160
1991113137
1990128157
1989138182
1988126154
1987117159
1986101123
1985148176
1984145191
1983136165
1982149206
1981139175
1980163204
1979133177

Map of recent crashes in BN21

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BN21

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BN21

The 24 most recent collisions in BN21 happened between 16 July and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BN21

The A259 has the most collisions in BN21, 1,102 of 4,867 (23%), followed by the A2021 (599).

Collisions in BN21 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2591,1021,3528214
2ndA20215997582107
3rdA22369486476
4thB2106241327338
5thA2040173206034
6thB2103116168328
7thA2270107143219
8thB21366710209
9thA2280498208
10thB20165802
11thA25904500

Council area for BN21

BN21 is in Eastbourne, where police recorded 12,707 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BN21 accounts for 38% of them.

Town in BN21

Of the 4,867 collisions in BN21, 4,640 (95%) were in Eastbourne.