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Newhaven road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,228 road traffic collisions in Newhaven, Lewes, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,527 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 226 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 20 collisions, up from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,228
659th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,527
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
13 people killed
Serious collisions
226
245 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
20
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
28
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newhaven

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal121%
  • Serious22618%
  • Slight99081%

What the data shows

  • Newhaven had 215 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 211 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Newhaven were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 259 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newhaven, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Newhaven.

Where Newhaven ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
659th
Most casualties
663rd
Most fatal collisions
744th
Most serious collisions
651st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday172 (14%)
  • Tuesday200 (16%)
  • Wednesday193 (16%)
  • Thursday184 (15%)
  • Friday217 (18%)
  • Saturday160 (13%)
  • Sunday102 (8.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight942 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit248 (20%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway906 (74%)
  • One way street or slip road244 (20%)
  • Dual carriageway53 (4.3%)
  • Roundabout15 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph1,078 (88%)
  • 40 mph65 (5.3%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph58 (4.7%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds986 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds129 (11%)
  • Raining with high winds31 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds28 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other15 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded29 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant715 (47%)
  • Pedestrian352 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist193 (13%)
  • Cyclist158 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant51 (3.3%)
  • Van occupant27 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user2 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newhaven road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newhaven, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newhaven peaked at 44 in 1995; 2025 had 20.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252028
20241112
20232234
20221822
20212126
20201923
20191923
20183657
20172835
20162128
20152435
20141722
20131621
20121719
20112324
20102528
20092733
20081722
20072730
20061823
20053250
20042023
20032629
20024051
20013443
20002228
19992837
19982633
19972631
19963042
19954452
19943639
19932123
19922433
19912931
19902937
19893243
19882630
19872933
19863037
19853241
19842630
19833236
19822937
19813236
19803641
19793136

Map of recent crashes in Newhaven

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newhaven

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newhaven

The 24 most recent collisions in Newhaven happened between 20 July 2024 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newhaven

The A259 has the most collisions in Newhaven, 527 of 1,228 (43%), followed by the B2109 (96).

Collisions in Newhaven on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2595276576100
2ndB210996132022
3rdA26769919
4thA25905701

Council area for Newhaven

Newhaven is in Lewes, where police recorded 13,423 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newhaven accounts for 9.1% of them.

Postcode district for Newhaven

All 1,228 collisions in Newhaven were in the BN9 postcode district.