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Darley Dale road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 296 road traffic collisions in Darley Dale, Derbyshire Dales, from 1979 to 2025, and 427 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 54 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
296
1,564th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
427
1.44 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
54
66 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Darley Dale

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.7%
  • Serious5418%
  • Slight23780%

What the data shows

  • Darley Dale had 41 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 5% fewer than the 43 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Darley Dale were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 51 children under 16 were killed or injured in Darley Dale, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Darley Dale.

Where Darley Dale ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,564th
Most casualties
1,463rd
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,661st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday36 (12%)
  • Tuesday46 (16%)
  • Wednesday34 (11%)
  • Thursday51 (17%)
  • Friday32 (11%)
  • Saturday38 (13%)
  • Sunday59 (20%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight259 (88%)
  • Dark, street lights lit29 (9.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway292 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph107 (36%)
  • 40 mph175 (59%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph12 (4.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds233 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Other5 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded11 (3.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant241 (56%)
  • Motorcyclist67 (16%)
  • Pedestrian60 (14%)
  • Cyclist37 (8.7%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Darley Dale road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Darley Dale, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Darley Dale peaked at 15 in 2002; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202458
202335
202257
202123
202035
201955
201833
201733
2016912
201535
201456
2013512
201233
201123
201045
200979
200866
200744
200644
200557
20041116
20031427
20021525
20011521
2000912
1999811
1998810
1997919
199633
19951120
1994713
1993913
1992813
1991710
1990610
198989
198868
1987513
198622
198567
198466
198377
19821113
198112
198068
197999

Map of recent crashes in Darley Dale

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Darley Dale

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Darley Dale

The 24 most recent collisions in Darley Dale happened between 14 April 2019 and 8 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Darley Dale

The A6 has the most collisions in Darley Dale, 234 of 296 (79%), followed by the B5057 (36).

Collisions in Darley Dale on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6234354547
2ndB5057364504

Council area for Darley Dale

Darley Dale is in the Derbyshire Dales, where police recorded 13,872 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Darley Dale accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode district for Darley Dale

All 296 collisions in Darley Dale were in the DE4 postcode district.