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Rye road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 592 road traffic collisions in Rye, Rother, from 1979 to 2025, and 722 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 125 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, down from 13 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
592
1,048th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
722
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
125
133 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
13 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
17
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rye

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.4%
  • Serious12521%
  • Slight45978%

What the data shows

  • Rye had 110 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 131 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Rye were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Rye are between 9am and noon, with 23% of collisions.
  • 95 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rye, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Rye ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,048th
Most casualties
1,081st
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
976th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday103 (17%)
  • Tuesday64 (11%)
  • Wednesday75 (13%)
  • Thursday109 (18%)
  • Friday82 (14%)
  • Saturday90 (15%)
  • Sunday69 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight483 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit77 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (3.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway471 (80%)
  • One way street or slip road91 (15%)
  • Roundabout18 (3%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph540 (91%)
  • 40 mph17 (2.9%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph33 (5.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds486 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds57 (9.6%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded11 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant309 (43%)
  • Pedestrian215 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist109 (15%)
  • Cyclist43 (6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant14 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rye road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rye, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rye peaked at 27 in 1984; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251217
20241316
202355
20221214
2021912
202069
20191822
20181111
20171417
20161014
20151319
20141220
20131517
20121214
2011910
20101213
20091117
20081924
20071619
20061216
20051314
20042027
20031315
200289
20011112
2000910
19991212
19981212
19971722
19961318
19951518
19941525
1993712
199245
19911010
19901213
19892125
19881520
19871821
19861010
19851719
19842729
19831112
1982910
19811316
1980910
19791010

Map of recent crashes in Rye

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rye

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rye

The 24 most recent collisions in Rye happened between 7 April 2024 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rye

The A268 has the most collisions in Rye, 191 of 592 (32%), followed by the A259 (150).

Collisions in Rye on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA268191236234
2ndA259150202336
3rdB20896476018

Council area for Rye

Rye is in Rother, where police recorded 14,013 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rye accounts for 4.2% of them.

Postcode district for Rye

All 592 collisions in Rye were in the TN31 postcode district.