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Battle road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 509 road traffic collisions in Battle, Rother, from 1979 to 2025, and 625 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 94 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
509
1,152nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
625
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
94
106 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Battle

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.8%
  • Serious9418%
  • Slight40680%

What the data shows

  • Battle had 89 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 89 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Battle were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 103 children under 16 were killed or injured in Battle, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Battle.

Where Battle ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,152nd
Most casualties
1,170th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,181st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday84 (17%)
  • Tuesday77 (15%)
  • Wednesday76 (15%)
  • Thursday70 (14%)
  • Friday92 (18%)
  • Saturday60 (12%)
  • Sunday50 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight393 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit84 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting24 (4.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway464 (91%)
  • Roundabout28 (5.5%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph417 (82%)
  • 40 mph48 (9.4%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph39 (7.7%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds405 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds68 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other9 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant275 (44%)
  • Pedestrian179 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist95 (15%)
  • Cyclist44 (7%)
  • Van occupant16 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Horse rider2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Battle road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Battle, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Battle peaked at 24 in 1985; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
202444
202344
20221318
2021811
202066
20191115
2018811
20171321
20161316
201566
20141215
201366
2012711
201179
201079
2009910
20081114
20071010
20061415
20051012
20041414
20031219
20021519
200189
20001116
19991414
199878
19971218
1996811
19951011
19941821
19931014
19921417
19911015
199099
198999
19881010
198789
19861419
19852427
19841518
19831417
19821724
19811013
19801011
19791820

Map of recent crashes in Battle

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Battle

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Battle

The 24 most recent collisions in Battle happened between 9 July 2022 and 20 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Battle

The A2100 has the most collisions in Battle, 276 of 509 (54%), followed by the A271 (69).

Collisions in Battle on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2100276328741
2ndA2716987013
3rdA2694662113
4thB20954600

Council area for Battle

Battle is in Rother, where police recorded 14,013 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Battle accounts for 3.6% of them.

Postcode district for Battle

All 509 collisions in Battle were in the TN33 postcode district.