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Dove Holes road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
102
2,804th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
146
1.43 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
17
20 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dove Holes

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal11%
  • Serious1717%
  • Slight8482%

What the data shows

  • Dove Holes had 7 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 12 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Dove Holes were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 17 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dove Holes, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Dove Holes.

Where Dove Holes ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,804th
Most casualties
2,693rd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,788th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday12 (12%)
  • Tuesday17 (17%)
  • Wednesday13 (13%)
  • Thursday16 (16%)
  • Friday13 (13%)
  • Saturday18 (18%)
  • Sunday13 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight75 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit23 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway99 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph93 (91%)
  • 40 mph1 (1%)
  • 50 mph1 (1%)
  • 60 mph7 (6.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds77 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (4.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (1%)
  • Other2 (2%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant106 (73%)
  • Pedestrian17 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist13 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant3 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Cyclist1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dove Holes road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dove Holes, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dove Holes peaked at 9 in 2002; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202423
202300
202200
202111
202011
201922
201800
201711
201600
201511
201411
201311
201211
201112
201011
200911
200800
200735
200623
200533
200447
200358
2002911
200178
2000413
199922
199811
199757
199658
199545
199411
199335
199235
199122
199022
198923
198834
198722
198659
198511
198411
198311
198223
198136
198012
197922

Map of recent crashes in Dove Holes

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dove Holes

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dove Holes

The 24 most recent collisions in Dove Holes happened between 24 June 2004 and 13 June 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dove Holes

Of the 102 collisions in Dove Holes, 91 were on the A6.

Collisions in Dove Holes on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA691133114

Council area for Dove Holes

Dove Holes is in High Peak, where police recorded 13,329 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dove Holes accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Dove Holes

All 102 collisions in Dove Holes were in the SK17 postcode district.