The A272: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 201 people were killed or seriously injured in 173 collisions on the A272, making it the 54th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
173
serious or fatal collisions
201
people killed or seriously injured
11
collisions that took a life
#54
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A272 carries 474 recorded injury collisions over the period, 173 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Chichester, Horsham, Mid Sussex, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 6%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 60 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2025 with 38 serious collisions, and the count is up 12% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A272
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
- Chichester39 KSI
- Horsham34 KSI
- Mid Sussex28 KSI
- East Hampshire21 KSI
- Wealden18 KSI
- Winchester18 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A272
2025: 38 (up 2.7% on the year before) · peak 38 in 2025 · +11.8% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A272
How many accidents happen on the A272?
Police recorded 474 injury collisions on the A272 over 2021–2025, of which 173 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 201 people killed or seriously injured, including 11 fatal collisions.
Is the A272 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 54 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 48 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 A272 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Chichester, Horsham, 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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