The A22: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 142 people were killed or seriously injured in 130 collisions on the A22, making it the 84th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
130
serious or fatal collisions
142
people killed or seriously injured
5
collisions that took a life
#84
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A22 carries 539 recorded injury collisions over the period, 130 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Wealden, Tandridge, Mid Sussex, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Collisions here are less likely than average to be fatal (4% against 7%), typical of lower-speed urban sections. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2022 with 38 serious collisions, and the count is up 18% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A22
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Wealden66 KSI
- Tandridge34 KSI
- Mid Sussex15 KSI
- Croydon8 KSI
- Eastbourne6 KSI
- Woking1 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A22
2025: 20 (down 31% on the year before) · peak 38 in 2022 · +17.6% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A22
How many accidents happen on the A22?
Police recorded 539 injury collisions on the A22 over 2021–2025, of which 130 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 142 people killed or seriously injured, including 5 fatal collisions.
Is the A22 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 84 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 77 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A22 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Wealden, Tandridge, Mid Sussex. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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