Road crashes in Wealden

11,145 recorded collisions since 2000.

Wealden has recorded 11,145 road collisions since 2000, 257 of them fatal and 2,452 causing serious injury. That makes it the 118th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 24% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 23.1 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 47% since 2000, from 647 to 343 in 2024. The A22 is the most affected road locally, with 1,469 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.