BRIGHTON AND HOVE'S WORST ROADS
Using data from
'Crash Map' here are the worst 20 accident blackspots in the area. Figures indicate the approx number of notified* crashes in the 5 years between 2006 and 2010. (*Notified crashes are usually those where someone has been injured, whether slightly or fatally, in addition there will have been countless other ‘shunts, bumps and scrapes’)
PLACES TO AVOID!
1) Western Road between the Clock Tower and Waitrose (>120)
2) Western Road between Waitrose and Palmeira Sq (75)
3) Church Road between The Drive and Tesco’s (70)
4) Vogue Gyratory and surroundings (50)
5) A27/A283 Steyning Road Interchange (46)
6) A23 London Rd/ Preston Rd (45)
7) A23/A27 Patcham Interchange (44)
8) Palace Pier Roundabout area (42)
9) Eastern Rd nr Royal Sussex Hosp (42)
10) Holmbush interchange / roundabout area (34)
11) Old Steine/ bottom of St James St (32)
12) 7 Dials roundabout (32)
13) Preston Drove (30)
14) Palmeria Sq vicinity (28)
15) A23/A273 Pyecombe interchange area (27)
16) A27 Hangleton Link interchange (26)
17) Brighton Station area (25)
18) A27 Westbound approaching the Southwick Tunnel (23)
19) Portslade Station area (21)
20) A2038 Sackville Road and A270 Old Shoreham Rd Junc. (21)