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Eckington (North East Derbyshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 489 road traffic collisions in Eckington, North East Derbyshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 668 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 85 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
489
1,175th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
668
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
85
90 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Eckington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.8%
  • Serious8517%
  • Slight40082%

What the data shows

  • Eckington had 49 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 92 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Eckington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 93 children under 16 were killed or injured in Eckington, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Eckington.

Where Eckington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,175th
Most casualties
1,125th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,258th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday58 (12%)
  • Tuesday74 (15%)
  • Wednesday63 (13%)
  • Thursday68 (14%)
  • Friday99 (20%)
  • Saturday73 (15%)
  • Sunday54 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight353 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit104 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown17 (3.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway473 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (1.6%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph438 (90%)
  • 40 mph11 (2.2%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph37 (7.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds378 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds58 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Other8 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded23 (4.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant386 (58%)
  • Pedestrian125 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist84 (13%)
  • Cyclist33 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant17 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Eckington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Eckington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Eckington peaked at 24 in 1990; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202445
202379
2022811
202122
202066
201956
201856
201733
201633
20151014
2014710
20131011
201237
20111118
2010913
20091319
200878
20071012
20061220
20051217
20041618
20031014
20021017
2001710
20001729
19991319
19981723
19971720
199667
199579
1994810
19931725
19921416
19911418
19902435
19891118
19881516
19871329
1986910
19851023
19841317
19831819
19821212
19811113
19801111
19791623

Map of recent crashes in Eckington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Eckington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Eckington

The 24 most recent collisions in Eckington happened between 21 January 2022 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Eckington

The B6052 has the most collisions in Eckington, 235 of 489 (48%), followed by the B6056 (61).

Collisions in Eckington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6052235331144
2ndB60566190112
3rdB6053263315
4thA6135244307
5thA616172801

Council area for Eckington

Eckington is in North East Derbyshire, where police recorded 13,585 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Eckington accounts for 3.6% of them.

Postcode district for Eckington

All 489 collisions in Eckington were in the S21 postcode district.