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Ashbourne road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 702 road traffic collisions in Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales, from 1979 to 2025, and 866 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 127 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
702
943rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
866
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
127
140 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ashbourne

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.4%
  • Serious12718%
  • Slight56580%

What the data shows

  • Ashbourne had 88 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 128 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Ashbourne were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 112 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ashbourne, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Ashbourne.

Where Ashbourne ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
943rd
Most casualties
956th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
969th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday100 (14%)
  • Tuesday102 (15%)
  • Wednesday80 (11%)
  • Thursday104 (15%)
  • Friday108 (15%)
  • Saturday113 (16%)
  • Sunday95 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight540 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit119 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting27 (3.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway655 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road32 (4.6%)
  • Roundabout6 (0.9%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph543 (77%)
  • 40 mph98 (14%)
  • 50 mph14 (2%)
  • 60 mph46 (6.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds546 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds92 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other20 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded18 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant427 (49%)
  • Pedestrian205 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist150 (17%)
  • Cyclist45 (5.2%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ashbourne road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ashbourne, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ashbourne peaked at 31 in 1981; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202477
20231316
20221315
2021910
2020912
201966
201857
2017711
20161219
201577
2014810
201378
20121517
20111822
20101420
20091213
20081417
20072025
20061314
20051420
20041420
200389
20021517
20011416
20001112
19991922
19981820
19971314
19962333
19951618
19942331
19932836
19922327
19912333
19901822
19891719
19881417
19871622
19861318
19851112
19841926
19832432
19822127
19813133
19802227
19791820

Map of recent crashes in Ashbourne

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ashbourne

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ashbourne

The 24 most recent collisions in Ashbourne happened between 18 April 2023 and 19 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ashbourne

The A515 has the most collisions in Ashbourne, 237 of 702 (34%), followed by the A52 (131).

Collisions in Ashbourne on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA515237299542
2ndA52131166129
3rdA5176683016
4thB5035272914

Council area for Ashbourne

Ashbourne is in the Derbyshire Dales, where police recorded 13,872 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ashbourne accounts for 5.1% of them.

Postcode district for Ashbourne

All 702 collisions in Ashbourne were in the DE6 postcode district.