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Forest Row road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 366 road traffic collisions in Forest Row, Wealden, from 1979 to 2025, and 454 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 77 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
366
1,377th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
454
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
77
80 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Forest Row

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.6%
  • Serious7721%
  • Slight28377%

What the data shows

  • Forest Row had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 53 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Forest Row were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 64 children under 16 were killed or injured in Forest Row, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Forest Row.

Where Forest Row ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,377th
Most casualties
1,412th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,342nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday54 (15%)
  • Tuesday32 (8.7%)
  • Wednesday55 (15%)
  • Thursday49 (13%)
  • Friday72 (20%)
  • Saturday63 (17%)
  • Sunday41 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight259 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit68 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting27 (7.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (2.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway350 (96%)
  • Roundabout8 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph263 (72%)
  • 40 mph52 (14%)
  • 60 mph48 (13%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds287 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other12 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant225 (50%)
  • Pedestrian102 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist70 (15%)
  • Cyclist30 (6.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Forest Row road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Forest Row, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Forest Row peaked at 17 in 1985; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202412
202311
202256
202145
202066
201922
201856
201723
201645
201589
201444
201345
201255
201124
201033
200946
200867
20071112
200667
200569
2004710
20031214
20021113
2001711
20001217
19991115
19981012
19971517
19961114
199555
19941014
199389
199288
1991813
199056
19891417
1988810
19871010
19861523
19851721
19841114
19831112
19821214
19811317
19801113
19791215

Map of recent crashes in Forest Row

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Forest Row

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Forest Row

The 24 most recent collisions in Forest Row happened between 9 September 2018 and 25 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Forest Row

The B2110 has the most collisions in Forest Row, 157 of 366 (43%), followed by the A22 (139).

Collisions in Forest Row on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB2110157194244
2ndA22139176319

Council area for Forest Row

Forest Row is in Wealden, where police recorded 24,921 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Forest Row accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for Forest Row

All 366 collisions in Forest Row were in the RH18 postcode district.