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East Wittering road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 258 road traffic collisions in East Wittering, Chichester, from 1979 to 2025, and 312 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 55 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
258
1,699th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
312
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
55
62 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for East Wittering

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.9%
  • Serious5521%
  • Slight19877%

What the data shows

  • East Wittering had 47 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% more than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in East Wittering were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 42 children under 16 were killed or injured in East Wittering, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 22% of collisions in East Wittering.

Where East Wittering ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,699th
Most casualties
1,765th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,641st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday35 (14%)
  • Tuesday34 (13%)
  • Wednesday38 (15%)
  • Thursday29 (11%)
  • Friday56 (22%)
  • Saturday34 (13%)
  • Sunday32 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight195 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit44 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway253 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph235 (91%)
  • 40 mph11 (4.3%)
  • 60 mph10 (3.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds221 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (7.8%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant145 (46%)
  • Cyclist59 (19%)
  • Pedestrian59 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist35 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant3 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

East Wittering road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in East Wittering, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in East Wittering peaked at 11 in 2020; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202446
202322
202233
202122
20201112
2019816
201844
201734
2016810
201523
201466
201367
201266
201122
201033
200944
200822
200767
200633
200555
2004910
200355
2002910
20011114
200078
199945
19981012
199766
19961114
199567
199457
199368
199267
19911014
199057
198955
1988810
198744
198644
19851010
198447
198355
198235
198157
198011
1979711

Map of recent crashes in East Wittering

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in East Wittering

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in East Wittering

The 24 most recent collisions in East Wittering happened between 14 March 2020 and 29 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in East Wittering

The B2179 has the most collisions in East Wittering, 114 of 258 (44%), followed by the B2198 (59).

Collisions in East Wittering on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB2179114129327
2ndB21985983212

Council area for East Wittering

East Wittering is in Chichester, where police recorded 20,060 collisions from 1979 to 2025. East Wittering accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for East Wittering

All 258 collisions in East Wittering were in the PO20 postcode district.