Road crashes in Worthing

6,515 recorded collisions since 2000.

Worthing has recorded 6,515 road collisions since 2000, 38 of them fatal and 1,053 causing serious injury. That makes it the 251st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 5.8 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 45% since 2000, from 351 to 193 in 2024. The A259 is the most affected road locally, with 1,005 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.