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Spire, Chesterfield, S40 1QX area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,186
235th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,553
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
28
Up 8% on 2024

Crash severity at the S40 1QX hotspot

127 of the 1,186 collisions here (11%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal50.4%
  • Serious12210%
  • Slight1,05989%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
132
Slightly injured
1,416
All casualties
1,553

Accidents by year at the S40 1QX hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 86 in 2005, against an average of 47 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the S40 1QX hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252834
20242632
20232936
20223540
20212433
20201827
20192629
20182736
20173443
20164350
20154153
20143348
20133544
20125370
20114760
20105873
20097488
20086783
20075678
20066382
200586110
200475118
20036386
20027097
200175103

Map of crashes at the S40 1QX hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near S40 1QX.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Spire, Chesterfield, S40 1QX area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the S40 1QX hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Spire
Council area
Chesterfield
Nearest postcode to the centre
S40 1QX
Postcode district
S40
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.23442, -1.42691
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
29 December 2025
Rank by collisions
235th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the S40 1QX hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A61, with 289 of 1,186, followed by the B6543 with 188.

Collisions at the S40 1QX hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61289407115
2ndB6543188237019
3rdA619156198120
4thA617729805
5thB6057465804
6thA632375309
7thB6051111102
8thA541200

Towns near the S40 1QX hotspot

All 1,186 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Chesterfield.

All 1,186 crashes at the S40 1QX hotspot

Newest first, from 11 January 2001 to 29 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year