The following table gives the Highways Agency’s record of road traffic accidents that have occurred on the A27 between Lewes and Polegate in each year since 1997.
Total number of accidents 1997 78 1998 58 1999 56 2000 63 2001 60 2002 59 2003 59 2004 61 2005 57 2006 61
The accident rate for this road between Lewes and Polegate is 24.04 Personal Injury Accidents (PIA) per 100 million vehicle kilometres. The national average figure for this type of road is 24 PIAs per 100 million vehicle kilometres.