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Petworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 183 road traffic collisions in Petworth, Chichester, from 1979 to 2025, and 227 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 38 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
183
2,045th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
227
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
38
40 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Petworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious3821%
  • Slight14579%

What the data shows

  • Petworth had 28 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 3% fewer than the 29 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Petworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in Petworth, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Petworth.

Where Petworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,045th
Most casualties
2,119th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,042nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (17%)
  • Tuesday23 (13%)
  • Wednesday23 (13%)
  • Thursday21 (11%)
  • Friday29 (16%)
  • Saturday19 (10%)
  • Sunday37 (20%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight149 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit23 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (4.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway153 (84%)
  • One way street or slip road17 (9.3%)
  • Roundabout12 (6.6%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph154 (84%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph26 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds157 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (8.2%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant119 (52%)
  • Pedestrian50 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist36 (16%)
  • Cyclist11 (4.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Petworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Petworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Petworth peaked at 12 in 1990; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202346
202236
202133
202056
201956
201833
201711
201634
201568
201435
201333
201233
201123
201044
200911
200811
200733
200636
200544
200446
200366
200245
200122
200056
199956
199867
199759
199688
199544
199446
199322
199244
199122
19901217
198924
198867
198755
1986814
198511
198455
198344
198288
198146
198033
197933

Map of recent crashes in Petworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Petworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Petworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Petworth happened between 20 March 2018 and 4 August 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Petworth

The A283 has the most collisions in Petworth, 72 of 183 (39%), followed by the A285 (42).

Collisions in Petworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2837297015
2ndA285425409
3rdA272384303

Council area for Petworth

Petworth is in Chichester, where police recorded 20,060 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Petworth accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Petworth

All 183 collisions in Petworth were in the GU28 postcode district.