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Hilton (South Derbyshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 142 road traffic collisions in Hilton, South Derbyshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 170 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 20 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
142
2,351st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
170
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
20
23 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hilton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.1%
  • Serious2014%
  • Slight11984%

What the data shows

  • Hilton had 34 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% more than the 30 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Hilton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hilton, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Hilton.

Where Hilton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,351st
Most casualties
2,499th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,720th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday19 (13%)
  • Tuesday22 (15%)
  • Wednesday25 (18%)
  • Thursday23 (16%)
  • Friday28 (20%)
  • Saturday16 (11%)
  • Sunday9 (6.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight108 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit21 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (5.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway126 (89%)
  • Roundabout14 (9.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph95 (67%)
  • 40 mph25 (18%)
  • 60 mph21 (15%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds111 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (13%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other6 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant84 (49%)
  • Pedestrian33 (19%)
  • Cyclist28 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist17 (10%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (3.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hilton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hilton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hilton peaked at 8 in 2020; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202322
202233
202122
2020814
201977
201811
201766
201644
201533
201422
201333
201246
201122
201055
200922
200878
200711
200612
2005710
200445
200344
200222
200145
200078
199911
199822
199733
199611
199523
199422
199300
199244
199155
199037
198923
198823
198723
198611
198524
198411
198334
198255
198134
198033
197933

Map of recent crashes in Hilton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hilton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hilton

The 24 most recent collisions in Hilton happened between 27 May 2018 and 29 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hilton

The A5132 has the most collisions in Hilton, 48 of 142 (34%), followed by the A516 (33).

Collisions in Hilton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5132485605
2ndA516334427

Council area for Hilton

Hilton is in South Derbyshire, where police recorded 11,939 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hilton accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Hilton

All 142 collisions in Hilton were in the DE65 postcode district.