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Nottingham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 54,186 road traffic collisions in Nottingham from 1979 to 2025, and 67,386 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 615 were fatal and 10,547 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 780 collisions, up 2% on 2024 (761), and casualties rose from 882 to 900.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
54,186
27th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
67,386
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
615
1.1% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
780
Up 2% on 2024

Crash severity in Nottingham

1.1% of collisions in Nottingham from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 19% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal6151.1%
  • Serious10,54719%
  • Slight43,02479%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal6531%
  • Serious11,31717%
  • Slight55,41682%

Nottingham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Nottingham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,688 in 1990. In 2025 there were 780, up 2% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 780
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025780900
2024761882
2023724835
2022679775
2021652793
2020553687
20198521,039
20188911,110
20178581,075
20168931,105
20159561,255
20149771,236
20138681,137
20128791,122
20119601,233
20109521,243
20099791,237
20089961,265
20079661,217
20061,0371,350
20051,0401,340
20041,0231,314
20031,1751,522
20021,1661,494
20011,2751,747
20001,4061,857
19991,2721,683
19981,3641,788
19971,3681,784
19961,3611,682
19951,3871,792
19941,4491,830
19931,4381,794
19921,4961,849
19911,5221,831
19901,6882,019
19891,5791,878
19881,4051,659
19871,3601,571
19861,4151,668
19851,4181,719
19841,4101,648
19831,3421,575
19821,4441,737
19811,4181,736
19801,3481,656
19791,4041,717

When and where crashes happen in Nottingham

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday7,698 (14%)
  • Tuesday7,890 (15%)
  • Wednesday8,204 (15%)
  • Thursday8,223 (15%)
  • Friday9,139 (17%)
  • Saturday7,488 (14%)
  • Sunday5,544 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:592,320 (4.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59927 (1.7%)
  • 06:00 to 08:595,525 (10%)
  • 09:00 to 11:597,093 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:599,757 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5913,869 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:598,592 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:596,103 (11%)

Collisions by month

  • January4,331 (8%)
  • February4,021 (7.4%)
  • March4,394 (8.1%)
  • April4,177 (7.7%)
  • May4,550 (8.4%)
  • June4,557 (8.4%)
  • July4,466 (8.2%)
  • August4,140 (7.6%)
  • September4,699 (8.7%)
  • October5,244 (9.7%)
  • November5,132 (9.5%)
  • December4,475 (8.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight37,420 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit16,031 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown518 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit117 (0.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting100 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds44,506 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds6,244 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds404 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds316 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist268 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds226 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds44 (0.1%)
  • Other703 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded1,475 (2.7%)

Road surface

  • Dry37,723 (70%)
  • Wet or damp14,254 (26%)
  • Frost or ice634 (1.2%)
  • Snow209 (0.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep31 (0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel27 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud3 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1,305 (2.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph16 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph4 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph797 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph47,410 (87%)
  • 40 mph4,802 (8.9%)
  • 50 mph186 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph429 (0.8%)
  • 70 mph539 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway41,393 (76%)
  • Dual carriageway5,179 (9.6%)
  • Roundabout4,446 (8.2%)
  • One way street or slip road3,048 (5.6%)
  • Not recorded120 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Nottingham

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant28,857 (43%)
  • Pedestrian15,690 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist7,987 (12%)
  • Cyclist7,475 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3,674 (5.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1,423 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant1,412 (2.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant210 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)159 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant150 (0.2%)
  • Other127 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded222 (0.3%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,992 (3%)
  • 6 to 103,711 (5.5%)
  • 11 to 154,331 (6.4%)
  • 16 to 2010,687 (16%)
  • 21 to 259,455 (14%)
  • 26 to 3512,285 (18%)
  • 36 to 457,915 (12%)
  • 46 to 555,622 (8.3%)
  • 56 to 653,607 (5.4%)
  • 66 to 752,149 (3.2%)
  • Over 752,340 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded3,292 (4.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider35,446 (53%)
  • Passenger16,250 (24%)
  • Pedestrian15,690 (23%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car62,194 (67%)
  • Motorcycle8,374 (9%)
  • Pedal cycle7,751 (8.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes5,170 (5.6%)
  • Bus or coach4,381 (4.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2,462 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes1,674 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle422 (0.5%)
  • Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)260 (0.3%)
  • Minibus212 (0.2%)
  • Other205 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded38 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Nottingham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Nottingham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Nottingham ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Nottingham had the 27th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
27th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
28th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
Joint 44th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
21st
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
24thCamden57,20964,3903578,341
25thWandsworth56,74464,9924258,950
26thBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole55,87570,6745429,172
27thNottingham (this area)54,18667,38661510,547
28thBrent53,83364,4744267,666
29thEnfield53,44666,8805477,213
30thWest Northamptonshire53,35574,1241,35013,212

Accident hotspots in Nottingham

Castle, Nottingham, NG1 3GA area is the busiest accident hotspot in Nottingham, with 3,108 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 16 of them fatal.

Roads in Nottingham with the most crashes

The A60 had the most collisions in Nottingham from 1979 to 2025: 4,528, including 39 fatal and 832 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Nottingham, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA604,5285,65139832
2ndA6103,4154,30551570
3rdA60082,5463,02320458
4thA6112,2082,88219392
5thA65142,1562,90935385
6thA522,1062,82631329
7thB6821,9142,40019340
8thA6091,8652,39631363
9thA61301,5011,93012241
10thB60041,4661,83710338
11thA4531,3871,86229272
12thA60051,2541,55112216
13thA62001,0581,34413187
14thB6849421,17815197
15thA6128401,06912172
16thB6867329146147
17thB6906718443134
18thA600266886317142
19thA614250333773
20thB6008237315446

Towns in Nottingham

Nottingham itself had the most collisions of any town in the area from 1979 to 2025: 48,869.

Postcode districts in Nottingham

NG7 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Nottingham from 1979 to 2025: 11,845.

Latest crashes in Nottingham

Of the latest 24 crashes in Nottingham, none were fatal and 9 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity