A road · official DfT records · 2021–2025

The A232: where people are seriously hurt

Over 2021–2025, 104 people were killed or seriously injured in 98 collisions on the A232, making it the 122th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.

98

serious or fatal collisions

104

people killed or seriously injured

3

collisions that took a life

#122

of 150 numbered roads

What the record shows

The A232 carries 564 recorded injury collisions over the period, 98 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Sutton, Bromley, Croydon, with 1 further areas also recording collisions. Collisions here are less likely than average to be fatal (3% against 7%), typical of lower-speed urban sections. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2025 with 26 serious collisions, and the count is up 18% between 2021 and 2025.

The map

Every serious and fatal collision on the A232

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.

By area

Where along the route

  • Sutton35 KSI
  • Bromley31 KSI
  • Croydon28 KSI
  • Epsom and Ewell4 KSI

Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.

By year

The trend

Serious and fatal collisions on the A232

2025: 26 (up 36.8% on the year before) · peak 26 in 2025 · +18.2% across the period

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Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.

Questions

About the A232

How many accidents happen on the A232?

Police recorded 564 injury collisions on the A232 over 2021–2025, of which 98 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 104 people killed or seriously injured, including 3 fatal collisions.

Is the A232 a dangerous road?

By volume of serious injury it ranks 122 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 112 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 A232 do collisions happen?

They concentrate in Sutton, Bromley, Croydon. 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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