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West Chiltington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 148 road traffic collisions in West Chiltington, Horsham, from 1979 to 2025, and 187 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 33 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
148
2,289th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
187
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
33
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for West Chiltington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.4%
  • Serious3322%
  • Slight11376%

What the data shows

  • West Chiltington had 26 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% more than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in West Chiltington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in West Chiltington are between 9am and noon, with 28% of collisions.
  • 18 children under 16 were killed or injured in West Chiltington, 9.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where West Chiltington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,289th
Most casualties
2,354th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,208th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (14%)
  • Tuesday26 (18%)
  • Wednesday18 (12%)
  • Thursday21 (14%)
  • Friday30 (20%)
  • Saturday15 (10%)
  • Sunday17 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight110 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting36 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights lit2 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway147 (99%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph48 (32%)
  • 40 mph17 (11%)
  • 60 mph78 (53%)
  • 70 mph4 (2.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds113 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other9 (6.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant132 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (11%)
  • Pedestrian11 (5.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (5.9%)
  • Cyclist8 (4.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

West Chiltington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Chiltington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in West Chiltington peaked at 13 in 1983; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202400
202344
202224
202123
202045
201923
201811
201755
201646
201511
201433
201300
201222
201100
201022
200933
200811
200755
200622
200511
200445
200333
200233
200144
2000410
199945
199822
199713
199647
199559
199444
199333
199245
199122
199023
198922
198858
198722
198622
198566
198489
19831317
198233
198135
198022
197979

Map of recent crashes in West Chiltington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in West Chiltington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in West Chiltington

The 24 most recent collisions in West Chiltington happened between 27 April 2016 and 27 November 2025.

Severity

Council area for West Chiltington

West Chiltington is in Horsham, where police recorded 18,567 collisions from 1979 to 2025. West Chiltington accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for West Chiltington

All 148 collisions in West Chiltington were in the RH20 postcode district.