Road crashes in North East Derbyshire

6,213 recorded collisions since 2000.

North East Derbyshire has recorded 6,213 road collisions since 2000, 113 of them fatal and 1,040 causing serious injury. That makes it the 256th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 18.2 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 59% since 2000, from 382 to 157 in 2024. The A61 is the most affected road locally, with 693 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.