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Wadhurst road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 267 road traffic collisions in Wadhurst, Wealden, from 1979 to 2025, and 344 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 65 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
267
1,667th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
344
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
65
78 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wadhurst

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.2%
  • Serious6524%
  • Slight19673%

What the data shows

  • Wadhurst had 34 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 3% more than the 33 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Wadhurst were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 56 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wadhurst, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Wadhurst.

Where Wadhurst ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,667th
Most casualties
1,666th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (10%)
  • Tuesday38 (14%)
  • Wednesday34 (13%)
  • Thursday38 (14%)
  • Friday60 (22%)
  • Saturday37 (14%)
  • Sunday32 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight195 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting31 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway262 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph177 (66%)
  • 40 mph31 (12%)
  • 60 mph54 (20%)
  • 70 mph4 (1.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds207 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (12%)
  • Fog or mist6 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Other7 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant177 (51%)
  • Pedestrian75 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist50 (15%)
  • Cyclist23 (6.7%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Horse rider2 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wadhurst road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wadhurst, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wadhurst peaked at 18 in 1982; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202457
202334
202200
202134
202033
201935
201867
201756
201634
201500
201435
201333
201233
2011810
201022
200946
200835
200755
200622
200577
200448
200312
2002812
200156
200078
199944
199867
19971216
199658
1995711
1994712
199355
1992811
1991913
199079
198955
198822
198744
198644
198578
19841415
1983912
19821824
19811217
19801113
19791217

Map of recent crashes in Wadhurst

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wadhurst

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wadhurst

The 24 most recent collisions in Wadhurst happened between 29 June 2018 and 27 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wadhurst

The B2099 has the most collisions in Wadhurst, 167 of 267 (63%), followed by the B2100 (64).

Collisions in Wadhurst on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB2099167218438
2ndB21006484220

Council area for Wadhurst

Wadhurst is in Wealden, where police recorded 24,921 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wadhurst accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Wadhurst

All 267 collisions in Wadhurst were in the TN5 postcode district.