Road crashes in Horsham

8,415 recorded collisions since 2000.

Horsham has recorded 8,415 road collisions since 2000, 186 of them fatal and 1,797 causing serious injury. That makes it the 175th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 24% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 22.1 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 42% since 2000, from 486 to 282 in 2024. The A24 is the most affected road locally, with 1,221 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.