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Ditchling road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 148 road traffic collisions in Ditchling, Lewes, from 1979 to 2025, and 203 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 24 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
148
2,289th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
203
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
24
32 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ditchling

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.4%
  • Serious2416%
  • Slight12282%

What the data shows

  • Ditchling had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 18 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Ditchling were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ditchling, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Ditchling.

Where Ditchling ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,289th
Most casualties
2,245th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday17 (11%)
  • Tuesday19 (13%)
  • Wednesday21 (14%)
  • Thursday13 (8.8%)
  • Friday30 (20%)
  • Saturday26 (18%)
  • Sunday22 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight110 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (6.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway139 (94%)
  • Roundabout5 (3.4%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph116 (78%)
  • 40 mph11 (7.4%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph18 (12%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds116 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant121 (60%)
  • Pedestrian33 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (9.9%)
  • Cyclist16 (7.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (2%)
  • Van occupant4 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ditchling road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ditchling, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ditchling peaked at 9 in 1992; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202423
202311
202222
202100
202011
201900
201811
201767
201611
201525
201400
201311
201222
201125
201011
200944
200811
200746
200611
200546
200422
200311
200223
200100
200035
199936
199855
199722
199644
199523
199422
199377
1992916
199156
199069
198978
198846
1987614
198622
1985611
198466
198356
198246
198145
198057
197968

Map of recent crashes in Ditchling

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ditchling

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ditchling

The 24 most recent collisions in Ditchling happened between 26 November 2011 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ditchling

The B2112 has the most collisions in Ditchling, 85 of 148 (57%), followed by the B2116 (41).

Collisions in Ditchling on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB211285115214
2ndB2116416009

Council area for Ditchling

Ditchling is in Lewes, where police recorded 13,423 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ditchling accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Ditchling

All 148 collisions in Ditchling were in the BN6 postcode district.