Road crashes in Lewes

6,256 recorded collisions since 2000.

Lewes has recorded 6,256 road collisions since 2000, 92 of them fatal and 1,292 causing serious injury. That makes it the 254th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 22% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 14.7 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 51% since 2000, from 351 to 172 in 2024. The A259 is the most affected road locally, with 1,186 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.