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Cowfold road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 105 road traffic collisions in Cowfold, Horsham, from 1979 to 2025, and 131 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 16 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
105
2,760th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
131
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
16
18 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cowfold

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1615%
  • Slight8985%

What the data shows

  • Cowfold had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Cowfold were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 14 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cowfold, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Cowfold.

Where Cowfold ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,760th
Most casualties
2,799th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,810th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday7 (6.7%)
  • Tuesday14 (13%)
  • Wednesday18 (17%)
  • Thursday15 (14%)
  • Friday18 (17%)
  • Saturday17 (16%)
  • Sunday16 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight83 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit11 (10%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (6.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway79 (75%)
  • Roundabout22 (21%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph96 (91%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.9%)
  • 60 mph7 (6.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds86 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (9.5%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (1%)
  • Other1 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant84 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist17 (13%)
  • Pedestrian14 (11%)
  • Cyclist11 (8.4%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cowfold road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cowfold, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cowfold peaked at 7 in 2012; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202433
202322
202245
202100
202000
201912
201822
201711
201611
201536
201400
201311
2012710
201111
201000
200922
200833
200722
200600
200523
200433
200322
200200
200122
200000
199957
199833
199700
199634
199545
199434
199333
199255
199136
199022
198957
198822
198734
198633
198522
198411
198323
198200
198145
198034
197945

Map of recent crashes in Cowfold

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cowfold

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cowfold

The 24 most recent collisions in Cowfold happened between 23 October 2012 and 24 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cowfold

The A281 has the most collisions in Cowfold, 61 of 105 (58%), followed by the A272 (41).

Collisions in Cowfold on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA281617507
2ndA272415309

Council area for Cowfold

Cowfold is in Horsham, where police recorded 18,567 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cowfold accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Cowfold

All 105 collisions in Cowfold were in the RH13 postcode district.