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Newick road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 176 road traffic collisions in Newick, Lewes, from 1979 to 2025, and 236 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 53 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
176
2,089th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
236
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
53
61 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newick

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.1%
  • Serious5330%
  • Slight12169%

What the data shows

  • Newick had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 14% fewer than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in Newick were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newick, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Newick.

Where Newick ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,089th
Most casualties
2,071st
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,680th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (13%)
  • Tuesday26 (15%)
  • Wednesday29 (16%)
  • Thursday31 (18%)
  • Friday27 (15%)
  • Saturday22 (13%)
  • Sunday18 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight124 (70%)
  • Dark, no street lighting40 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10 (5.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway173 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph68 (39%)
  • 40 mph55 (31%)
  • 50 mph4 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph48 (27%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds131 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds24 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.3%)
  • Other7 (4%)
  • Not recorded6 (3.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant135 (57%)
  • Pedestrian45 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist32 (14%)
  • Cyclist9 (3.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (3%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newick road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newick, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newick peaked at 11 in 1998; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202536
202433
202335
202233
202157
202000
201933
201822
201711
201611
201511
201423
201358
201234
201111
201022
200957
200845
200723
200634
200546
200467
200356
200266
200133
200068
199937
19981120
199767
199657
1995814
199468
199345
199233
199122
199044
198956
198857
198766
198657
198511
198447
198356
198233
198144
198036
197911

Map of recent crashes in Newick

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newick

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newick

The 24 most recent collisions in Newick happened between 14 January 2016 and 15 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newick

Of the 176 collisions in Newick, 130 were on the A272.

Collisions in Newick on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA272130175236

Council area for Newick

Newick is in Lewes, where police recorded 13,423 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newick accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Newick

All 176 collisions in Newick were in the BN8 postcode district.