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Ellistown road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 177 road traffic collisions in Ellistown, North West Leicestershire, from 1979 to 2025, and 209 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 24 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
177
2,080th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
209
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
24
26 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ellistown

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious2414%
  • Slight15286%

What the data shows

  • Ellistown had 10 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 57% fewer than the 23 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Ellistown were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 34 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ellistown, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in Ellistown.

Where Ellistown ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,080th
Most casualties
2,215th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday17 (9.6%)
  • Tuesday34 (19%)
  • Wednesday33 (19%)
  • Thursday29 (16%)
  • Friday28 (16%)
  • Saturday19 (11%)
  • Sunday17 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight126 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit49 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway172 (97%)
  • Roundabout4 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph175 (99%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds128 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (17%)
  • Fog or mist5 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other5 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant98 (47%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (20%)
  • Pedestrian33 (16%)
  • Cyclist21 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (3.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1%)
  • Van occupant2 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ellistown road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ellistown, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ellistown peaked at 11 in 1997; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202300
202211
202100
202000
201911
201855
201700
201622
201511
201411
201300
201233
201111
201012
200955
200844
200723
200655
200557
200448
200337
200256
200122
200066
1999710
199878
19971116
199633
199556
199456
1993710
19921112
199144
199033
198977
198855
198722
198655
198534
1984810
198388
198234
198133
198044
197988

Map of recent crashes in Ellistown

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ellistown

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ellistown

The 24 most recent collisions in Ellistown happened between 9 January 2008 and 28 November 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ellistown

The B585 has the most collisions in Ellistown, 62 of 177 (35%), followed by the B591 (12).

Collisions in Ellistown on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5856269115
2ndB591121301

Council area for Ellistown

Ellistown is in North West Leicestershire, where police recorded 15,541 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ellistown accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Ellistown

All 177 collisions in Ellistown were in the LE67 postcode district.