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Southwater road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 289 road traffic collisions in Southwater, Horsham, from 1979 to 2025, and 355 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 53 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
289
1,588th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
355
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
53
59 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Southwater

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.3%
  • Serious5318%
  • Slight23581%

What the data shows

  • Southwater had 35 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 45 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Southwater were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 59 children under 16 were killed or injured in Southwater, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Southwater.

Where Southwater ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,588th
Most casualties
1,631st
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,680th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday41 (14%)
  • Tuesday47 (16%)
  • Wednesday43 (15%)
  • Thursday42 (15%)
  • Friday45 (16%)
  • Saturday44 (15%)
  • Sunday27 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight227 (79%)
  • Dark, street lights lit49 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (4.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway277 (96%)
  • Roundabout5 (1.7%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1.4%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph138 (48%)
  • 40 mph126 (44%)
  • 60 mph18 (6.2%)
  • 70 mph5 (1.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds224 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant197 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (16%)
  • Cyclist41 (12%)
  • Pedestrian41 (12%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Southwater road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Southwater, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Southwater peaked at 18 in 1979; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202433
202333
202255
202156
202022
201933
201855
201744
201633
201511
201433
201369
201234
201145
2010810
200933
200844
200745
2006912
200524
200444
200323
2002912
200177
2000910
199957
199867
19971320
199689
199567
199499
1993810
199255
199189
1990611
198956
198877
198766
198678
198545
198479
198366
19821419
19811725
19801112
19791825

Map of recent crashes in Southwater

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Southwater

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Southwater

The 24 most recent collisions in Southwater happened between 15 December 2018 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Southwater

The A24 has the most collisions in Southwater, 82 of 289 (28%), followed by the B2237 (6).

Collisions in Southwater on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA2482113016
2ndB22376601

Council area for Southwater

Southwater is in Horsham, where police recorded 18,567 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Southwater accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Southwater

All 289 collisions in Southwater were in the RH13 postcode district.