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Yapton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 298 road traffic collisions in Yapton, Arun, from 1979 to 2025, and 362 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 65 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
298
1,556th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
362
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
65
67 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
17
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Yapton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious6522%
  • Slight23178%

What the data shows

  • Yapton had 55 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% more than the 48 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Yapton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 62 children under 16 were killed or injured in Yapton, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Yapton.

Where Yapton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,556th
Most casualties
1,610th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday36 (12%)
  • Tuesday52 (17%)
  • Wednesday52 (17%)
  • Thursday42 (14%)
  • Friday48 (16%)
  • Saturday33 (11%)
  • Sunday35 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight227 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit44 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (6.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway279 (94%)
  • Roundabout14 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph224 (75%)
  • 40 mph28 (9.4%)
  • 60 mph41 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds244 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant170 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist70 (19%)
  • Pedestrian63 (17%)
  • Cyclist42 (12%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Yapton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Yapton, 1979 to 2025

2025 had the most collisions of any year in Yapton, 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251217
202488
2023910
202233
202122
202022
201944
201856
2017710
201634
201533
2014611
201345
201255
201156
201067
200946
200844
200778
200645
20051113
200466
200377
20021018
200100
200067
199956
19981011
199734
1996810
1995914
199467
19931112
19921012
199167
19901115
198999
198833
1987812
198655
198578
19841214
1983910
198278
198167
198056
197955

Map of recent crashes in Yapton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Yapton

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Yapton

The 24 most recent collisions in Yapton happened between 8 July 2023 and 28 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Yapton

The B2233 has the most collisions in Yapton, 123 of 298 (41%), followed by the B2132 (79).

Collisions in Yapton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB2233123147226
2ndB21327998020

Council area for Yapton

Yapton is in Arun, where police recorded 18,627 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Yapton accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Yapton

Collisions in Yapton were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BN18 (258) and BN17 (40).