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Haywards Heath road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,657 road traffic collisions in Haywards Heath, Mid Sussex, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,254 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 22 were fatal and 470 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 30 collisions, down 17% on 2024 (36).

Collisions since 1979
2,657
369th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,254
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
22
22 people killed
Serious collisions
470
499 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
30
Down 17% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
36
Down 16% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Haywards Heath

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal220.8%
  • Serious47018%
  • Slight2,16581%

What the data shows

  • Haywards Heath had 380 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 472 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Haywards Heath were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 410 children under 16 were killed or injured in Haywards Heath, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Haywards Heath.

Where Haywards Heath ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
369th
Most casualties
377th
Most fatal collisions
451st
Most serious collisions
352nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday361 (14%)
  • Tuesday431 (16%)
  • Wednesday413 (16%)
  • Thursday438 (16%)
  • Friday428 (16%)
  • Saturday352 (13%)
  • Sunday234 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,994 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit543 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting67 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown42 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,311 (87%)
  • Roundabout210 (7.9%)
  • One way street or slip road87 (3.3%)
  • Dual carriageway34 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded15 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph2,319 (87%)
  • 40 mph168 (6.3%)
  • 50 mph38 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph119 (4.5%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,101 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds346 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds46 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds36 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist15 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other58 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded41 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,578 (48%)
  • Pedestrian636 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist506 (16%)
  • Cyclist409 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant37 (1.1%)
  • Van occupant36 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant22 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Haywards Heath road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Haywards Heath, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Haywards Heath peaked at 82 in 1989; 2025 had 30.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 30
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253036
20243643
20234247
20224653
20213033
20203041
20193644
20183750
20174347
20165058
20155055
20145670
20134763
20124657
20116076
20103341
20094151
20083949
20075166
20064959
20056167
20047291
20036782
20026879
20015782
20004763
19996892
19987797
19976988
19965169
19957294
19945979
19934861
19926280
19917184
19907792
198982103
19886975
19875874
19865262
19857379
19848297
19837178
19827998
19817890
19806577
19797082

Map of recent crashes in Haywards Heath

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Haywards Heath

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Haywards Heath

The 24 most recent collisions in Haywards Heath happened between 9 March and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Haywards Heath

The A272 has the most collisions in Haywards Heath, 576 of 2,657 (22%), followed by the B2112 (371).

Collisions in Haywards Heath on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA272576714881
2ndB2112371473274
3rdB2028368451074
4thB21116987016
5thB22725871116
6thB203671001

Council area for Haywards Heath

Haywards Heath is in Mid Sussex, where police recorded 20,636 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Haywards Heath accounts for 13% of them.

Postcode districts in Haywards Heath

Collisions in Haywards Heath were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by RH16 (2,498) and RH17 (159).