A27: East Sussex

Mr. Waterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents there were on the A27 between Lewes and Polegate in each of the last 10 years.

Jim Fitzpatrick
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.

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|    |Total number of accidents|
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|1997|78                       |
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|1998|58                       |
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|1999|56                       |
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|2000|63                       |
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|2001|60                       |
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|2002|59                       |
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|2003|59                       |
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|2004|61                       |
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|2005|57                       |
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|2006|61                       |
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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.