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Telscombe Cliffs road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 383 road traffic collisions in Telscombe Cliffs, Lewes, from 1979 to 2025, and 493 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 74 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
383
1,346th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
493
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
74
79 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Telscombe Cliffs

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.8%
  • Serious7419%
  • Slight30680%

What the data shows

  • Telscombe Cliffs had 75 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 6% fewer than the 80 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Telscombe Cliffs were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 47 children under 16 were killed or injured in Telscombe Cliffs, 9.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Telscombe Cliffs.

Where Telscombe Cliffs ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,346th
Most casualties
1,336th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,376th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (13%)
  • Tuesday52 (14%)
  • Wednesday68 (18%)
  • Thursday53 (14%)
  • Friday63 (16%)
  • Saturday54 (14%)
  • Sunday44 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight277 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit96 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway348 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway17 (4.4%)
  • Roundabout13 (3.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph364 (95%)
  • 40 mph9 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds308 (80%)
  • Raining with high winds24 (6.3%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (6%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (3.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant260 (53%)
  • Motorcyclist86 (17%)
  • Pedestrian78 (16%)
  • Bus or coach occupant31 (6.3%)
  • Cyclist24 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant9 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Telscombe Cliffs road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Telscombe Cliffs, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Telscombe Cliffs peaked at 16 in 1995; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202422
20231115
2022913
2021910
202055
2019817
20181010
20171013
201668
20151116
201457
2013812
201288
2011911
201056
2009915
20081011
200767
2006914
20051011
200455
20031113
200268
2001810
2000915
199967
19981520
1997811
199666
19951623
199458
19931015
19921317
1991911
19901415
198967
1988711
198733
19861115
198567
198477
198368
198277
19811011
198078
197979

Map of recent crashes in Telscombe Cliffs

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Telscombe Cliffs

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Telscombe Cliffs

The 24 most recent collisions in Telscombe Cliffs happened between 12 June 2022 and 26 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Telscombe Cliffs

Of the 383 collisions in Telscombe Cliffs, 223 were on the A259.

Collisions in Telscombe Cliffs on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA259223299244

Council area for Telscombe Cliffs

Telscombe Cliffs is in Lewes, where police recorded 13,423 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Telscombe Cliffs accounts for 2.8% of them.

Postcode district for Telscombe Cliffs

All 383 collisions in Telscombe Cliffs were in the BN10 postcode district.