Road crashes in Ashfield

7,326 recorded collisions since 2000.

Ashfield has recorded 7,326 road collisions since 2000, 88 of them fatal and 1,233 causing serious injury. That makes it the 216th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 12 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 53% since 2000, from 389 to 184 in 2024. The A611 is the most affected road locally, with 665 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.