Road crashes in Hastings

5,705 recorded collisions since 2000.

Hastings has recorded 5,705 road collisions since 2000, 45 of them fatal and 1,074 causing serious injury. That makes it the 277th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 20% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 7.9 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 39% since 2000, from 273 to 167 in 2024. The A259 is the most affected road locally, with 1,103 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.