Road crashes in Eastbourne

6,014 recorded collisions since 2000.

Eastbourne has recorded 6,014 road collisions since 2000, 48 of them fatal and 1,001 causing serious injury. That makes it the 267th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 8 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 44% since 2000, from 320 to 179 in 2024. The A259 is the most affected road locally, with 1,137 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.