Road crashes in High Peak

5,726 recorded collisions since 2000.

High Peak has recorded 5,726 road collisions since 2000, 117 of them fatal and 1,146 causing serious injury. That makes it the 275th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 22% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 20.4 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 59% since 2000, from 377 to 154 in 2024. The A57 is the most affected road locally, with 872 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.