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Lewes road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,471 road traffic collisions in Lewes from 1979 to 2025, and 1,721 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 236 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 19 collisions, up from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,471
577th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,721
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
236
256 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
19
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
21
15 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lewes

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal100.7%
  • Serious23616%
  • Slight1,22583%

What the data shows

  • Lewes had 177 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 249 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Lewes were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 263 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lewes, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Lewes.

Where Lewes ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
577th
Most casualties
605th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
620th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday207 (14%)
  • Tuesday249 (17%)
  • Wednesday223 (15%)
  • Thursday231 (16%)
  • Friday259 (18%)
  • Saturday195 (13%)
  • Sunday107 (7.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,180 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit260 (18%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown15 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,102 (75%)
  • One way street or slip road242 (16%)
  • Roundabout85 (5.8%)
  • Dual carriageway28 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded14 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph89 (6.1%)
  • 30 mph1,316 (89%)
  • 40 mph50 (3.4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph14 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,198 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds169 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds25 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other27 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded25 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant637 (37%)
  • Pedestrian544 (32%)
  • Motorcyclist253 (15%)
  • Cyclist172 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant52 (3%)
  • Van occupant27 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant20 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lewes road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lewes, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lewes peaked at 59 in 1988; 2025 had 19.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 19
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251921
20241215
20232628
20221314
20211720
2020914
20192025
20182123
20172021
20162021
20151718
20141822
20132428
20122531
20112831
20102325
20092326
20082430
20073740
20063036
20052230
20043036
20032529
20022937
20012328
20004448
19993340
19983943
19973335
19963337
19954453
19944855
19933850
19924458
19914150
19903839
19894145
19885974
19873544
19864047
19855157
19843745
19833744
19823846
19814347
19805057
19795058

Map of recent crashes in Lewes

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lewes

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lewes

The 24 most recent collisions in Lewes happened between 30 August 2024 and 22 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lewes

The A2029 has the most collisions in Lewes, 269 of 1,471 (18%), followed by the A277 (269).

Collisions in Lewes on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2029269324260
2ndA277269316135
3rdA26198245123
4thB2193132147025
5thA275129158331
6thB2192121603
7thA274410

Council area for Lewes

Lewes is in Lewes, where police recorded 13,423 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lewes accounts for 11% of them.

Postcode districts in Lewes

Collisions in Lewes were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BN7 (1,458) and BN8 (13).