THE most dangerous roads in Brighton and Hove have been revealed in an interactive online map.  

Created by two road safety experts, CrashMap highlights the location of every collision on the roads in any given period.

The detailed tool shows you not only the severity of the crash – slight, serious or fatal – but also when it took place, the number of vehicles involved and the number of casualties reported.

The data used is taken directly from official government statistics, which is based on records submitted to them by the police. 

Hovering the map over Brighton and Hove, the website reports more than 2,000 incidents have taken place between 2015 and 2019. 

The map shows that there have been 108 incidents in Rottingdean with the most crashes happening on the busy coastal road, the A259. 

The Argus:

  • The A259 is the most dangerous road in Rottingdean

Woodingdean has had less crashes than Rottingdean with the website reporting 76 incidents in the last five years. 

However, Hove has had 812 crashes since 2015 with the majority of these occurring on the Church Road and Kingsway.

The area with the one of the most dangerous roads is Kemptown which the website reported had 359 incidents in the same time period, over 66 of these were serious or fatal.  

The popular central area of Hanover has one of the most dangerous roads in Brighton, with 246 incidents in the last five years. 

The Argus:

  • One of the most dangerous roads in the city centre

Gloucester Place, has had over 30 serious incidents and is one of the most dangerous roads in the City. 

The map can also be filtered into fatal crashes with the website reporting that there have been 10 fatal incidents across the City between 2015 and 2019. 

The Argus:

There have been 10 fatal incidents across Brighton since 2015.

You can view the full interactive map and search for your area here.