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Breaston and Draycott road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 491 road traffic collisions in Breaston and Draycott, Erewash, from 1979 to 2025, and 636 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 86 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
491
1,173rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
636
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
14
15 people killed
Serious collisions
86
97 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Breaston and Draycott

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal142.9%
  • Serious8618%
  • Slight39180%

What the data shows

  • Breaston and Draycott had 64 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 79 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Breaston and Draycott were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 96 children under 16 were killed or injured in Breaston and Draycott, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Breaston and Draycott.

Where Breaston and Draycott ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,173rd
Most casualties
1,161st
Most fatal collisions
669th
Most serious collisions
1,248th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday69 (14%)
  • Tuesday76 (15%)
  • Wednesday82 (17%)
  • Thursday87 (18%)
  • Friday70 (14%)
  • Saturday58 (12%)
  • Sunday49 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight355 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit114 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (3.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway481 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph475 (97%)
  • 40 mph9 (1.8%)
  • 60 mph7 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds375 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds75 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other7 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded18 (3.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant263 (41%)
  • Motorcyclist143 (22%)
  • Cyclist104 (16%)
  • Pedestrian86 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (2.7%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Breaston and Draycott road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Breaston and Draycott, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Breaston and Draycott peaked at 24 in 1984; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025814
202435
202344
202256
202146
202068
20191012
20181011
201755
2016910
2015910
2014812
2013920
201299
20111012
201056
200977
200878
200768
2006913
200569
200424
200388
20021010
200134
200067
19991618
19981415
19971215
19961318
199568
19941013
1993911
19921221
19911216
19901620
19891821
19881926
19871214
19861523
19852032
19842435
19831415
19822433
19811418
19801718
19791618

Map of recent crashes in Breaston and Draycott

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Breaston and Draycott

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Breaston and Draycott

The 24 most recent collisions in Breaston and Draycott happened between 11 June 2021 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Breaston and Draycott

Of the 491 collisions in Breaston and Draycott, 381 were on the A6005.

Collisions in Breaston and Draycott on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA60053815011469

Council area for Breaston and Draycott

Breaston and Draycott is in Erewash, where police recorded 14,513 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Breaston and Draycott accounts for 3.4% of them.

Postcode district for Breaston and Draycott

All 491 collisions in Breaston and Draycott were in the DE72 postcode district.