Road crashes in Chichester

9,445 recorded collisions since 2000.

Chichester has recorded 9,445 road collisions since 2000, 203 of them fatal and 2,009 causing serious injury. That makes it the 150th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 23% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 21.5 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 51% since 2000, from 556 to 275 in 2024. The A286 is the most affected road locally, with 1,254 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.