Road crashes in Adur

3,863 recorded collisions since 2000.

Adur has recorded 3,863 road collisions since 2000, 37 of them fatal and 680 causing serious injury. That makes it the 328th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 9.6 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 54% since 2000, from 216 to 100 in 2024. The A27 is the most affected road locally, with 961 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.