Accident hotspots in Worthing: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 203 road collisions in Worthing in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
38.5
Road Risk Score
Worthing ranks 95 of 125 towns we score — band B, below average
46.8 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 164.9 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 49.3% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of -18.1%. How the score works.
Vulnerable road users in Worthing (2025)
28 of Worthing's 203 collisions (14%) involved pedestrians; 32 of Worthing's 203 collisions (16%) involved cyclists; 40 of Worthing's 203 collisions (20%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 33 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 28 | 14% | 9 | 32% |
| Cyclists | 32 | 16% | 9 | 28% |
| Motorcyclists | 40 | 20% | 15 | 38% |
24 of Worthing’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Worthing’s busiest collision clusters (2025)
Each circle is a ~100m cluster of police-reported collisions. Larger circles = more collisions; red = at least one death. Click a circle for details.
The short answer
Worthing recorded 203 police-reported collisions in 2025 — falling (-19.4% on 2024), or about 183 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Chapel Road, Broadwater, a hotspot in 4 of the last 5 years.
203
Collisions in Worthing (2025)
250
People injured or killed
-19.4%
Change vs 2024
~216
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Worthing’s junctions that stay dangerous
These locations recorded multiple collisions in at least four of the last five years (2021–2025) — a persistent pattern, not a one-off bad year.
Chapel Road, Broadwater
A259
14 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 16 casualties · 1 serious or fatal
Salvington
A2032
12 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 13 casualties · 6 serious or fatal
Worthing’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapel Road, Broadwater | A259 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | The Boulevard, West Worthing | A2032 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | South Street, West Worthing | Local road | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Cissbury Road, Broadwater | A27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Littlehampton Road, Salvington | A2032 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What to do with this: if your regular routes cross the junctions above, they deserve extra care at peak times — these aren’t random locations, they’re where collisions repeat. For context, Worthing’s rate of 183 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. A junction with a documented five-year history is also the strongest evidence a campaign can put in front of a councillor.
Vulnerable road users in Worthing in 2025: 28 collisions involved a pedestrian, 32 a cyclist and 40 a motorcyclist — overall, 182.9 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 6km radius of the town centre. Per-100k rates use the mid-2023 ONS population estimate for the named town or district; where the area is radius-defined, treat the rate as indicative.
These figures come from the Department for Transport’s STATS19 dataset — every collision reported to the police in 2025 — clustered to roughly 100 metres and labelled via OpenStreetMap. Only police-reported incidents are included, so minor damage-only bumps are undercounted. See the full UK hotspots analysis for the national picture and methodology.
Need this cut a different way? A junction’s full history, cyclist or pedestrian casualties on their own, or a before-and-after on a scheme: we produce those, free for community groups, campaigners and journalists.
Worthing over 5 years
Collisions per year in Worthing
2025: 203 (down 19.4% on the year before) · peak 265 in 2023 · -18.1% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2023 was Worthing’s worst year of the period with 265 collisions, against 203 in 2025. Of 2025’s 250 casualties, 52 were killed or seriously injured (0 deaths, 52 serious).
Build the Worthing story from this page
Every line below is computed from the official DfT STATS19 dataset and updates when new data is released — copy, check, publish. Free to use with a link to this page as the source.
- “Police recorded 203 road collisions in Worthing in 2025, injuring or killing 250 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2023 was Worthing's worst year of the last 5 (265 collisions, against 203 in 2025).
- “Worthing's collision rate is 183 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “28 collisions involved pedestrians, 32 collisions involved cyclists, 40 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 33 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “24 collisions in Worthing involved a child casualty in 2025.
Attribution: “Analysis by Swift Assist (swiftassistuk.co.uk) of DfT STATS19 data” with a link to this page. Methodology: how we process the data.
Worthing's roads are West Sussex's responsibility
Collisions above are counted for Worthing. The body that maintains those roads, sets the speed limits and decides which junctions get fixed is West Sussex — so that is the level at which the record can be compared with anywhere else in Britain.
Per mile driven
94 of 192
Per resident
30 of 188
Risk band
Above average
Five-year trend
up 6.5%
Those two numbers disagree, and that is the story. West Sussex sits 30 of 188 measured per resident but 94 of 192 measured per mile actually driven — a gap of 64 places. Measured against the traffic the network actually carries rather than the number of people living beside it, the record is better than the headline per-head figure implies.
The full record for West Sussex — severity-adjusted casualties, the breakdown of who is being hurt, the darkness and ice profile, and a comparison against its ONS statistical neighbours rather than the national average — is on its own page.
West Sussex’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Worthing
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Worthing’s own figures above, each with the number that prompted it. Every guide explains how the thing works before it suggests buying anything, and most cost less than a third of a typical insurance excess.
Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Worthing records 165 vehicle crimes per 100,000 residents, above the median of the towns we track. Keyless relay theft is the leading route into modern cars, and a signal-blocking pouch ends that method outright for under a tenner.
How it works →
Helmet camera
£50–£200
16% of collisions in Worthing involve someone on a bike. In a disputed pull-out, footage from the rider's viewpoint is what settles liability.
How it works →
Steering wheel lock
£40–£70
Vehicle theft is target selection: thieves work a street and take the easiest car. A visible attack-rated bar moves your car down that list before anyone touches it.
How it works →
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