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Handcross road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 262 road traffic collisions in Handcross, Mid Sussex, from 1979 to 2025, and 353 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 55 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
262
1,684th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
353
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
10 people killed
Serious collisions
55
65 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Handcross

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal93.4%
  • Serious5521%
  • Slight19876%

What the data shows

  • Handcross had 38 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 48 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Handcross were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 31 children under 16 were killed or injured in Handcross, 8.8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Handcross.

Where Handcross ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,684th
Most casualties
1,640th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,641st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (14%)
  • Tuesday32 (12%)
  • Wednesday34 (13%)
  • Thursday35 (13%)
  • Friday41 (16%)
  • Saturday36 (14%)
  • Sunday47 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight188 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit51 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (6.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway124 (47%)
  • Dual carriageway119 (45%)
  • Roundabout12 (4.6%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph123 (47%)
  • 40 mph8 (3.1%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph16 (6.1%)
  • 70 mph113 (43%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds208 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.8%)
  • Other10 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant243 (69%)
  • Pedestrian38 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist36 (10%)
  • Van occupant17 (4.8%)
  • Cyclist9 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Handcross road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Handcross, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Handcross peaked at 11 in 1981; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202411
202322
202233
202134
202066
201947
201856
201724
2016710
201533
2014616
201356
201233
20111015
201024
2009611
200823
2007812
200633
200522
200433
200336
200256
2001710
200022
1999710
19981013
1997912
199667
1995810
199438
199378
1992512
19911013
199099
198966
198844
198777
1986811
198566
1984910
198366
198279
19811114
1980915
197979

Map of recent crashes in Handcross

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Handcross

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Handcross

The 24 most recent collisions in Handcross happened between 24 May 2019 and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Handcross

The A23 has the most collisions in Handcross, 125 of 262 (48%), followed by the B2110 (64).

Collisions in Handcross on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA23125186724
2ndB21106485015
3rdA2794042112
4thB2114212803

Council area for Handcross

Handcross is in Mid Sussex, where police recorded 20,636 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Handcross accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Handcross

All 262 collisions in Handcross were in the RH17 postcode district.