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Billingshurst road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 401 road traffic collisions in Billingshurst, Horsham, from 1979 to 2025, and 496 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 79 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
401
1,302nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
496
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
79
84 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Billingshurst

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.7%
  • Serious7920%
  • Slight31980%

What the data shows

  • Billingshurst had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% fewer than the 52 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Billingshurst were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 77 children under 16 were killed or injured in Billingshurst, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Billingshurst.

Where Billingshurst ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,302nd
Most casualties
1,333rd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,314th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday62 (15%)
  • Tuesday44 (11%)
  • Wednesday68 (17%)
  • Thursday68 (17%)
  • Friday56 (14%)
  • Saturday63 (16%)
  • Sunday40 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight308 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit64 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (5.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway373 (93%)
  • Roundabout18 (4.5%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1%)
  • 30 mph317 (79%)
  • 40 mph24 (6%)
  • 60 mph56 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds336 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Other5 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant242 (49%)
  • Pedestrian97 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist85 (17%)
  • Cyclist51 (10%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Billingshurst road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Billingshurst, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Billingshurst peaked at 18 in 1982; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202425
202333
202255
202157
202033
201989
2018513
201745
201657
201533
201433
2013914
201244
201169
201057
200979
200877
200755
200635
200559
20041012
20031013
200224
20011617
200078
19991213
19981415
19971213
19961216
19951214
19941416
19931115
199289
199156
199055
19891417
19881112
19871620
19861315
19851416
19841319
19831112
19821823
19811215
19801417
19791317

Map of recent crashes in Billingshurst

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Billingshurst

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Billingshurst

The 24 most recent collisions in Billingshurst happened between 13 December 2019 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Billingshurst

The A29 has the most collisions in Billingshurst, 182 of 401 (45%), followed by the A272 (65).

Collisions in Billingshurst on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA29182223230
2ndA2726583014

Council area for Billingshurst

Billingshurst is in Horsham, where police recorded 18,567 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Billingshurst accounts for 2.2% of them.

Postcode district for Billingshurst

All 401 collisions in Billingshurst were in the RH14 postcode district.