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Five Ashes road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 117 road traffic collisions in Five Ashes, Wealden, from 1979 to 2025, and 168 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 25 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
117
2,617th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
168
1.44 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
25
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Five Ashes

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal43.4%
  • Serious2521%
  • Slight8875%

What the data shows

  • Five Ashes had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% more than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Five Ashes were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in Five Ashes, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Five Ashes.

Where Five Ashes ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,617th
Most casualties
2,525th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,540th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (13%)
  • Tuesday19 (16%)
  • Wednesday25 (21%)
  • Thursday15 (13%)
  • Friday21 (18%)
  • Saturday14 (12%)
  • Sunday8 (6.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight85 (73%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10 (8.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway117 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph19 (16%)
  • 40 mph43 (37%)
  • 50 mph15 (13%)
  • 60 mph38 (32%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds92 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.6%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.9%)
  • Other3 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant108 (64%)
  • Pedestrian19 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (8.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (6.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (3%)
  • Cyclist4 (2.4%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Five Ashes road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Five Ashes, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Five Ashes peaked at 7 in 2013; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202422
202333
202245
202122
202011
201900
201822
201735
201658
201511
201411
2013720
201211
201100
201022
200922
200811
200724
200600
200511
200400
200335
200224
200157
200011
199900
199822
199724
199623
199524
199468
1993712
199244
199158
199034
198923
198811
198745
198633
198523
198433
198322
198245
198168
198011
197934

Map of recent crashes in Five Ashes

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Five Ashes

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Five Ashes

The 24 most recent collisions in Five Ashes happened between 10 June 2016 and 22 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Five Ashes

Of the 117 collisions in Five Ashes, 104 were on the A267.

Collisions in Five Ashes on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA267104140421

Council area for Five Ashes

Five Ashes is in Wealden, where police recorded 24,921 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Five Ashes accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Five Ashes

All 117 collisions in Five Ashes were in the TN20 postcode district.