Road crashes in Bassetlaw

8,301 recorded collisions since 2000.

Bassetlaw has recorded 8,301 road collisions since 2000, 199 of them fatal and 1,644 causing serious injury. That makes it the 180th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 22% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 24 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 55% since 2000, from 488 to 220 in 2024. The A60 is the most affected road locally, with 730 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.