Road crashes in Erewash

6,130 recorded collisions since 2000.

Erewash has recorded 6,130 road collisions since 2000, 84 of them fatal and 926 causing serious injury. That makes it the 261st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 13.7 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 59% since 2000, from 354 to 146 in 2024. The A6005 is the most affected road locally, with 573 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.