Road crashes in South Derbyshire

5,790 recorded collisions since 2000.

South Derbyshire has recorded 5,790 road collisions since 2000, 115 of them fatal and 968 causing serious injury. That makes it the 272nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 19.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 42% since 2000, from 308 to 179 in 2024. The A50 is the most affected road locally, with 659 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.