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Bakewell road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 365 road traffic collisions in Bakewell, Derbyshire Dales, from 1979 to 2025, and 458 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 73 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
365
1,382nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
458
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
73
87 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bakewell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.4%
  • Serious7320%
  • Slight28779%

What the data shows

  • Bakewell had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 55 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Bakewell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Bakewell are between noon and 3pm, with 26% of collisions.
  • 49 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bakewell, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Bakewell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,382nd
Most casualties
1,401st
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,392nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday75 (21%)
  • Tuesday40 (11%)
  • Wednesday40 (11%)
  • Thursday42 (12%)
  • Friday62 (17%)
  • Saturday59 (16%)
  • Sunday47 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight306 (84%)
  • Dark, street lights lit44 (12%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (2.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway315 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road33 (9%)
  • Roundabout15 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph268 (73%)
  • 40 mph66 (18%)
  • 50 mph5 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph26 (7.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds289 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds47 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded12 (3.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant193 (42%)
  • Pedestrian138 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist67 (15%)
  • Cyclist33 (7.2%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bakewell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bakewell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bakewell peaked at 17 in 1980; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202457
202367
202211
202133
202058
201956
201844
201745
201655
201522
201455
201367
201245
2011910
201069
200978
200811
2007810
200677
2005811
20041111
200377
200299
200189
20001517
19991011
19981624
19971213
1996910
19951212
199488
1993812
1992918
199179
1990613
1989810
1988818
19871215
198688
198588
19841519
1983813
198299
19811317
19801720
19791016

Map of recent crashes in Bakewell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bakewell

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bakewell

The 24 most recent collisions in Bakewell happened between 17 September 2019 and 29 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bakewell

The A6 has the most collisions in Bakewell, 168 of 365 (46%), followed by the A619 (100).

Collisions in Bakewell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6168222343
2ndA619100131018
3rdB5055313315
4thB60013300

Council area for Bakewell

Bakewell is in the Derbyshire Dales, where police recorded 13,872 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bakewell accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode district for Bakewell

All 365 collisions in Bakewell were in the DE45 postcode district.