Road crashes in Amber Valley

6,886 recorded collisions since 2000.

Amber Valley has recorded 6,886 road collisions since 2000, 101 of them fatal and 1,130 causing serious injury. That makes it the 233rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 14.7 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 60% since 2000, from 417 to 168 in 2024. The A38 is the most affected road locally, with 569 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.