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Creswell road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 283 road traffic collisions in Creswell, Bolsover, from 1979 to 2025, and 358 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 55 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
283
1,611th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
358
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
55
60 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Creswell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.8%
  • Serious5519%
  • Slight22379%

What the data shows

  • Creswell had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% more than the 41 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Creswell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 82 children under 16 were killed or injured in Creswell, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Creswell.

Where Creswell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,611th
Most casualties
1,619th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,641st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (17%)
  • Tuesday47 (17%)
  • Wednesday35 (12%)
  • Thursday32 (11%)
  • Friday43 (15%)
  • Saturday43 (15%)
  • Sunday34 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight205 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit64 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (3.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway281 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph254 (90%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.8%)
  • 50 mph6 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph18 (6.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds223 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Other6 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded13 (4.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant150 (42%)
  • Pedestrian90 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist54 (15%)
  • Cyclist33 (9.2%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Creswell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Creswell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Creswell peaked at 13 in 1985; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
202434
202311
20221011
2021710
202045
201922
201834
201755
201611
201555
201422
201311
201279
201156
2010710
200922
200868
200755
200611
20051013
200444
200311
2002810
200144
20001012
199978
199844
1997911
1996813
199556
19941017
199344
199222
199145
19901114
19891019
19881113
198799
198635
19851316
19841216
198367
198278
19811213
1980610
1979813

Map of recent crashes in Creswell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Creswell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Creswell

The 24 most recent collisions in Creswell happened between 30 October 2021 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Creswell

Of the 283 collisions in Creswell, 74 were on the A616.

Collisions in Creswell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61674120317

Council area for Creswell

Creswell is in Bolsover, where police recorded 11,863 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Creswell accounts for 2.4% of them.

Postcode district for Creswell

All 283 collisions in Creswell were in the S80 postcode district.