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Borrowash road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 475 road traffic collisions in Borrowash, Erewash, from 1979 to 2025, and 605 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 74 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
475
1,199th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
605
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
74
85 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Borrowash

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.9%
  • Serious7416%
  • Slight39283%

What the data shows

  • Borrowash had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 60% fewer than the 110 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Borrowash were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 74 children under 16 were killed or injured in Borrowash, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Borrowash.

Where Borrowash ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,199th
Most casualties
1,195th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,376th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday56 (12%)
  • Tuesday72 (15%)
  • Wednesday56 (12%)
  • Thursday84 (18%)
  • Friday86 (18%)
  • Saturday65 (14%)
  • Sunday56 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight339 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit117 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (2.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway420 (88%)
  • Dual carriageway52 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph402 (85%)
  • 40 mph14 (2.9%)
  • 60 mph15 (3.2%)
  • 70 mph44 (9.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds391 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (8.6%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other14 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded17 (3.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant303 (50%)
  • Motorcyclist108 (18%)
  • Pedestrian91 (15%)
  • Cyclist62 (10%)
  • Van occupant15 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (2.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Borrowash road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Borrowash, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Borrowash peaked at 27 in 1979; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
2024916
202334
202247
2021612
202056
201911
201823
201756
201644
20151314
201469
201378
2012711
20111116
20101012
20091419
20081620
20071314
20061318
200578
2004812
20031314
200277
20011214
2000813
199989
19981315
19971014
199679
19951014
1994911
19931012
19921114
199156
19901112
19891013
19881622
19871111
19861011
198579
19841822
19832028
19821414
19811921
19802033
19792732

Map of recent crashes in Borrowash

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Borrowash

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Borrowash

The 24 most recent collisions in Borrowash happened between 26 June 2021 and 6 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Borrowash

The A6005 has the most collisions in Borrowash, 171 of 475 (36%), followed by the B5010 (72).

Collisions in Borrowash on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6005171220630
2ndB50107294011
3rdA524760111

Council area for Borrowash

Borrowash is in Erewash, where police recorded 14,513 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Borrowash accounts for 3.3% of them.

Postcode district for Borrowash

All 475 collisions in Borrowash were in the DE72 postcode district.