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Lowdham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 159 road traffic collisions in Lowdham, Newark and Sherwood, from 1979 to 2025, and 214 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 47 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
159
2,199th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
214
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
47
51 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Lowdham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal53.1%
  • Serious4730%
  • Slight10767%

What the data shows

  • Lowdham had 25 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in Lowdham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in Lowdham, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Lowdham.

Where Lowdham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,199th
Most casualties
2,190th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,806th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (13%)
  • Tuesday36 (23%)
  • Wednesday24 (15%)
  • Thursday20 (13%)
  • Friday25 (16%)
  • Saturday17 (11%)
  • Sunday17 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight117 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway93 (58%)
  • Dual carriageway63 (40%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.6%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph75 (47%)
  • 40 mph11 (6.9%)
  • 50 mph28 (18%)
  • 60 mph13 (8.2%)
  • 70 mph32 (20%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds131 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (11%)
  • Fog or mist4 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant138 (64%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (10%)
  • Cyclist21 (9.8%)
  • Pedestrian17 (7.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (5.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Lowdham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Lowdham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Lowdham peaked at 11 in 1992; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202400
202311
202236
202133
202011
201933
201844
201722
201645
201522
201422
201344
2012611
201125
201034
200900
200823
200736
200612
200537
200435
200355
200212
200145
200078
199933
199811
199733
199659
199534
199422
199323
19921118
19911012
1990812
198933
198822
198768
198633
198511
198422
198322
198267
198134
198035
1979710

Map of recent crashes in Lowdham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Lowdham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Lowdham

The 24 most recent collisions in Lowdham happened between 29 March 2016 and 14 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Lowdham

The A6097 has the most collisions in Lowdham, 67 of 159 (42%), followed by the A612 (38).

Collisions in Lowdham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA609767100222
2ndA612384929

Council area for Lowdham

Lowdham is in Newark and Sherwood, where police recorded 20,646 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Lowdham accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Lowdham

All 159 collisions in Lowdham were in the NG14 postcode district.