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Blidworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 326 road traffic collisions in Blidworth, Newark and Sherwood, from 1979 to 2025, and 406 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 58 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
326
1,481st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
406
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
58
60 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blidworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.2%
  • Serious5818%
  • Slight26481%

What the data shows

  • Blidworth had 54 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 5% fewer than the 57 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Blidworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 75 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blidworth, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Blidworth.

Where Blidworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,481st
Most casualties
1,509th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,603rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (12%)
  • Tuesday47 (14%)
  • Wednesday48 (15%)
  • Thursday41 (13%)
  • Friday50 (15%)
  • Saturday58 (18%)
  • Sunday43 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight226 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit86 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (2.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway325 (100%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph313 (96%)
  • 60 mph13 (4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds265 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded9 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant194 (48%)
  • Pedestrian81 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (14%)
  • Cyclist37 (9.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blidworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blidworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blidworth peaked at 13 in 2005; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202456
202346
202235
202122
2020910
201956
201856
20171014
201668
2015710
201467
201333
2012811
201144
201078
200933
200845
2007815
200678
20051319
200488
20031112
2002911
200168
2000811
19991316
1998912
199744
199667
19951013
199456
199344
19921012
199189
1990914
1989811
198867
198744
198655
198578
19841012
19831114
1982912
198178
19801113
197944

Map of recent crashes in Blidworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blidworth

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 Blidworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Blidworth happened between 12 September 2020 and 21 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blidworth

Of the 326 collisions in Blidworth, 174 were on the B6020.

Collisions in Blidworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6020174214226

Council area for Blidworth

Blidworth is in Newark and Sherwood, where police recorded 20,646 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blidworth accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Blidworth

All 326 collisions in Blidworth were in the NG21 postcode district.