Sussex is the deadliest area for pedestrians in the South East with the highest number of collisions with cars.

An investigation, by Personal Injury Claims UK, found that more pedestrians were killed by cars in Sussex in the last three years than anywhere else in the region.

The county accounted for 39 per cent of recorded fatalities since 2020, with a total of 173.

A total of 3,744 pedestrians sustained serious injuries, while 12,963 suffered slight injuries.

In the UK, an average of 372 pedestrians have been killed by cars each year since 2020, according to government statistics.

It comes after significant changes were made to the Highway Code in 2022 to improve the safety of people walking and cycling.

The changes aimed to improve the safety of the most vulnerable by placing the greatest responsibility to reduce danger on vehicles that can cause the most harm, such as large goods vehicles, vans, taxis and motorbikes.

However, figures obtained by Personal Injury Claims UK, claimed that there were more collisions between pedestrians and cars after the Highway Code changes came into force, with serious and slight injuries sustained by pedestrians increasing across the board in the majority of areas.