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Lower Dicker road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 221 road traffic collisions in Lower Dicker, Wealden, from 1979 to 2025, and 320 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 55 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
221
1,849th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
320
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
55
67 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lower Dicker

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.7%
  • Serious5525%
  • Slight16072%

What the data shows

  • Lower Dicker had 45 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 44 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Lower Dicker were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lower Dicker, 6.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Lower Dicker.

Where Lower Dicker ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,849th
Most casualties
1,737th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,641st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday37 (17%)
  • Tuesday38 (17%)
  • Wednesday35 (16%)
  • Thursday34 (15%)
  • Friday29 (13%)
  • Saturday24 (11%)
  • Sunday24 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight191 (86%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (9%)
  • Dark, street lights lit7 (3.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway212 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1.8%)
  • Roundabout4 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 40 mph48 (22%)
  • 50 mph77 (35%)
  • 60 mph84 (38%)
  • 70 mph9 (4.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds197 (89%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (5%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant220 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist40 (13%)
  • Van occupant27 (8.4%)
  • Cyclist11 (3.4%)
  • Pedestrian8 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lower Dicker road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lower Dicker, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lower Dicker peaked at 10 in 1990; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
2024612
202357
202234
202133
202033
201946
201844
201778
201667
2015610
201433
201334
201244
201133
201078
200935
2008611
200755
200646
2005611
200459
2003612
200244
2001812
2000611
199913
199824
1997912
199612
199524
199446
199345
1992711
1991615
19901011
198968
198834
1987911
198647
1985610
198457
198357
198236
198133
198044
197934

Map of recent crashes in Lower Dicker

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lower Dicker

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lower Dicker

The 24 most recent collisions in Lower Dicker happened between 26 May 2020 and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lower Dicker

The A22 has the most collisions in Lower Dicker, 189 of 221 (86%), followed by the A271 (9).

Collisions in Lower Dicker on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA22189275649
2ndA27191300
3rdA2675501
4thA22004801

Council area for Lower Dicker

Lower Dicker is in Wealden, where police recorded 24,921 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lower Dicker accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Lower Dicker

All 221 collisions in Lower Dicker were in the BN27 postcode district.