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Littlehampton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,763 road traffic collisions in Littlehampton, Arun, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,061 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 308 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 32 collisions, up 3% on 2024 (31).

Collisions since 1979
1,763
496th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,061
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
308
335 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
32
Up 3% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
39
Down 9% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Littlehampton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal100.6%
  • Serious30817%
  • Slight1,44582%

What the data shows

  • Littlehampton had 294 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% fewer than the 331 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Littlehampton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 320 children under 16 were killed or injured in Littlehampton, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Littlehampton.

Where Littlehampton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
496th
Most casualties
523rd
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
499th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday256 (15%)
  • Tuesday270 (15%)
  • Wednesday270 (15%)
  • Thursday277 (16%)
  • Friday301 (17%)
  • Saturday218 (12%)
  • Sunday171 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,358 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit353 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting26 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,346 (76%)
  • Roundabout303 (17%)
  • One way street or slip road73 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway36 (2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph1,589 (90%)
  • 40 mph45 (2.6%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph74 (4.2%)
  • 70 mph41 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,412 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds210 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds49 (2.8%)
  • Fine with high winds33 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other23 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded24 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant836 (41%)
  • Cyclist492 (24%)
  • Pedestrian358 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist306 (15%)
  • Van occupant27 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Littlehampton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Littlehampton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Littlehampton peaked at 55 in 1989; 2025 had 32.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 32
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253239
20243143
20232735
20223440
20213450
20203340
20192429
20183641
20171818
20162529
20153844
20143137
20132732
20123641
20112526
20103241
20092834
20083850
20073946
20063739
20054352
20044350
20033541
20023642
20015364
20003642
19993943
19984148
19974449
19964148
19953947
19944755
19933838
19923132
19913134
19904549
19895562
19884854
19874655
19863538
19854451
19845061
19834753
19824447
19814249
19804251
19794352

Map of recent crashes in Littlehampton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Littlehampton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Littlehampton

The 24 most recent collisions in Littlehampton happened between 2 April and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Littlehampton

The A259 has the most collisions in Littlehampton, 350 of 1,763 (20%), followed by the B2187 (295).

Collisions in Littlehampton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA259350419355
2ndB2187295348045
3rdA284129148122
4thB2140105129020
5thA20135903

Council area for Littlehampton

Littlehampton is in Arun, where police recorded 18,627 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Littlehampton accounts for 9.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Littlehampton

Collisions in Littlehampton were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BN17 (1,751) and BN16 (10).