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Maresfield road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 106 road traffic collisions in Maresfield, Wealden, from 1979 to 2025, and 153 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 24 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
106
2,751st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
153
1.44 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
24
31 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Maresfield

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal54.7%
  • Serious2423%
  • Slight7773%

What the data shows

  • Maresfield had 3 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 80% fewer than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Maresfield were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in Maresfield, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Maresfield.

Where Maresfield ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,751st
Most casualties
2,649th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday9 (8.5%)
  • Tuesday17 (16%)
  • Wednesday13 (12%)
  • Thursday10 (9.4%)
  • Friday19 (18%)
  • Saturday17 (16%)
  • Sunday21 (20%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight78 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting21 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit6 (5.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway96 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.8%)
  • Roundabout3 (2.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph53 (50%)
  • 40 mph5 (4.7%)
  • 60 mph46 (43%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds82 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (5.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant108 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (13%)
  • Pedestrian11 (7.2%)
  • Cyclist7 (4.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Maresfield road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Maresfield, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Maresfield peaked at 10 in 1988; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202400
202300
202200
202100
202000
201900
201822
201700
201600
201511
201422
201325
201200
201124
201013
200922
200811
200734
200611
200523
200400
200322
200211
200122
200033
199922
199811
199700
199622
199511
1994510
199324
199233
199123
199034
198966
19881017
1987411
198635
198536
1984912
198369
198257
198133
198044
197945

Map of recent crashes in Maresfield

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Maresfield

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Maresfield

The 24 most recent collisions in Maresfield happened between 28 November 2001 and 23 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Maresfield

The A22 has the most collisions in Maresfield, 41 of 106 (39%), followed by the A272 (23).

Collisions in Maresfield on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA224163212
2ndA272233316

Council area for Maresfield

Maresfield is in Wealden, where police recorded 24,921 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Maresfield accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Maresfield

All 106 collisions in Maresfield were in the TN22 postcode district.