Road collision and casualty data

View collision and casualty data for West Sussex.

Data tables

The following data tables show the end-of-year road traffic casualty totals reported to the Department for Transport (DfT). View a map of the collision locations.

All casualties and age groups

All casualties: Detailing casualty type and numbers for years 2018 through to 2022, with the last row showing the total number for that year.
All casualties 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Pedestrians 233 222  184 178 232
Cyclists 316 275  298 254 250
Motorcyclists 257 263  207 207 286
Car occupants 1601 1738  1194 1221 1518
Bus occupants 21 40  7 16 46
Goods vehicles 88 89  74 76 91
Other
highway users
17 19  23 20 30
Total 2533 2646  1987 1972  2453
Casualties and age (all casualties): Showing age range and casualties for years 2018 through to 2022.
Casualties and age 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Children (0-15) 208 197  121 142 210
Young car drivers (17-24) 211 224  178 154 203
65+ years 317 360  234 246 312

Killed (fatal) and serious casualties and age groups

Due to a change of the police recording system in 2019, data for 2019 and afterwards cannot be directly compared to data earlier than 2019. The travel restrictions during 2020 and 2021 have suppressed the overall casualty rates for the year.

Killed or serious injury (KSI) casualties: Detailing casualty type and numbers for years 2018 through to 2022, with the last row showing the total number for that year.
KSI casualties 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Pedestrians 81 78  71 48 71
Cyclists 91 88  111 82 68
Motorcyclists 110 119  96 110 108
Car occupants 187 267  199 204 267
Bus occupants 1 6  2 3 6
Goods vehicles 9 16  20 13 17
Other
highway users
4 3  6 9 8
Total 483 577  505 469  545
Casualties and age (KSI): Showing age range and casualties for years 2018 through to 2022.
Casualties and age 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Children (0-15) 38 37  23 23 38
Young car drivers (17-24) 22 34  29 24 22
65+ years 87 121  83 68 103
 
Last updated:
4 September 2023
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