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Henfield road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 187 road traffic collisions in Henfield, Horsham, from 1979 to 2025, and 226 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 39 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
187
2,019th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
226
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
39
42 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Henfield

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.1%
  • Serious3921%
  • Slight14477%

What the data shows

  • Henfield had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Henfield were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 28 children under 16 were killed or injured in Henfield, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Henfield.

Where Henfield ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,019th
Most casualties
2,124th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,999th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday32 (17%)
  • Tuesday27 (14%)
  • Wednesday30 (16%)
  • Thursday27 (14%)
  • Friday28 (15%)
  • Saturday26 (14%)
  • Sunday17 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight135 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway176 (94%)
  • Roundabout8 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (1.6%)
  • 30 mph153 (82%)
  • 40 mph23 (12%)
  • 60 mph8 (4.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds159 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant119 (53%)
  • Pedestrian55 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (12%)
  • Cyclist16 (7.1%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Henfield road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Henfield, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Henfield peaked at 8 in 1998; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202434
202323
202222
202100
202044
201933
201833
201734
201644
201555
201422
201356
201200
201144
201045
200947
200845
200744
200655
200566
200446
200335
200211
200168
200079
199935
199888
199723
199689
199555
199433
199311
199269
199144
199067
1989710
198845
198735
198677
198534
198444
198333
198246
198145
198069
197955

Map of recent crashes in Henfield

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Henfield

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Henfield

The 24 most recent collisions in Henfield happened between 14 September 2016 and 26 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Henfield

The A281 has the most collisions in Henfield, 99 of 187 (53%), followed by the A2037 (25).

Collisions in Henfield on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA28199119024
2ndA2037253113

Council area for Henfield

Henfield is in Horsham, where police recorded 18,567 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Henfield accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Henfield

All 187 collisions in Henfield were in the BN5 postcode district.