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Facts and figures about Adur

30% of Adur residents do not have a car. (Approx. 25% of all households in West Sussex do not have a car).
Traffic growth in West Sussex is set to rise by as much as 37% in the next 15 years.
The amount of school children travelling to school by car has nearly doubled since 1986
Almost 1 in 5 trips in peak hour traffic are on the school run many of which are less than a mile long.
The average trip length in urban areas is 3 km compared to 13km in rural areas.
Based on 1991 census 10% sample 60% use the car to travel to work. Of these 53 % work outside the district of which 55% travel to work by car.
There are 4 railway stations in Adur, Fishersgate, Southwick, Shoreham and Lancing.

In 1999 Sussex Police recorded 173 road traffic accidents, 225 casualties and four fatalities in Adur.
Four fatalities, The number of fatalities has remained consistent at 3-4 per year.
33 serious injuries.
188 slight injuries.
The highest group of motor vehicle accidents requiring hospitalisation occurs in the 10-20 year old age band.
Overall number of casualties during 1995-97 fell by about 26% compared to an overall increase in the county of 7% over the same time period.
8 out 11 (80%) of all accidents occur on class 1 roads and in Adur 54% occur at T junctions.
There is particular local concern over the traffic record of the A27 particularly along the stretch adjacent to Boundstone School.
70% of all car user deaths and serious injuries are in rural areas, mainly due to speed.
The total number of casualties in the county remains at unacceptably high levels mainly due to the increase in slight injuries proving the most difficult to reduce.
4,087 road casualties in West Sussex during 1999. 17-25 year olds account for 25% of the deaths of which :
- 45 fatal casualties.
- 507 serious.
- 3,535 slight.
- 1,853 car driver casualties.
- 896 car passenger casualties.
- 381 pedestrians.
- 396 cyclists 145 were children under the age of 16.
- 50% of the accidents occurred within 20 metres of a road junction.

A study carried out in 2000 alarmingly reported that traffic growth in West Sussex is set to rise above the national average partly due to increased house building.
This will have a major impact on traffic growth that could increase by as much as 37% by 2016.
West Sussex's road network is less developed than almost all the south - eastern counties with just 12km of motorway and only two main trunk roads (A27 and A23).
A 1999 study showed 93% of West Sussex residents who responded felt traffic was causing environmental problems.
There are only three main rail routes in West Sussex and bus services in many rural areas are infrequent, leaving a large proportion of residents without access to public transport.
During a typical 12 hour day in West Sussex over one million trips (totaling 15.5 million kilometres) are driven.
About 33% of all daily trips in the county are within or between urban areas and 20% are from outside the county.
A total of 47% of all trips in West Sussex either start or finish in rural areas.
If all the policies and programmes outlined in the Local Transport Plan are implemented, traffic growth would only be reduced by 17% from its predicted growth in 2016 of 37% to 20%.