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Nottingham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 49,833 road traffic collisions in Nottingham from 1979 to 2025, and 61,742 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 545 were fatal and 9,634 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 735 collisions, up 3% on 2024 (713).

Collisions since 1979
49,833
18th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
61,742
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
545
580 people killed
Serious collisions
9,634
10,312 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
735
Up 3% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
846
Up 2% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Nottingham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal5451.1%
  • Serious9,63419%
  • Slight39,65480%

What the data shows

  • Nottingham had 7,148 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 8,784 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Nottingham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 9,167 children under 16 were killed or injured in Nottingham, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Nottingham.

Where Nottingham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
18th
Most casualties
15th
Most fatal collisions
9th
Most serious collisions
9th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday7,092 (14%)
  • Tuesday7,244 (15%)
  • Wednesday7,510 (15%)
  • Thursday7,537 (15%)
  • Friday8,399 (17%)
  • Saturday6,923 (14%)
  • Sunday5,128 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight34,327 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit14,878 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown467 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit105 (0.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting56 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway38,639 (78%)
  • Dual carriageway4,312 (8.7%)
  • Roundabout3,813 (7.7%)
  • One way street or slip road2,962 (5.9%)
  • Not recorded107 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph9 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph4 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph713 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph44,857 (90%)
  • 40 mph3,786 (7.6%)
  • 50 mph73 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph199 (0.4%)
  • 70 mph189 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds41,032 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds5,683 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds359 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds282 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist228 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds207 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds38 (0.1%)
  • Other629 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded1,375 (2.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant25,935 (42%)
  • Pedestrian14,872 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist7,227 (12%)
  • Cyclist6,857 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3,447 (5.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1,370 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant1,249 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant197 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant133 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)128 (0.2%)
  • Other117 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded210 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Nottingham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Nottingham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Nottingham peaked at 1,535 in 1990; 2025 had 735.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 735
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025735846
2024713828
2023675783
2022625717
2021612745
2020515634
2019785962
20188281,034
20178161,024
20168441,050
20158811,152
20149091,145
20137971,040
20127941,006
20118861,139
20108881,152
20098881,120
20089021,141
20078971,134
20069421,225
20059551,223
20049241,188
20031,0851,401
20021,0881,384
20011,1771,585
20001,2851,694
19991,1641,520
19981,2421,613
19971,2581,624
19961,2571,559
19951,2821,645
19941,3141,639
19931,2931,601
19921,3591,669
19911,4041,681
19901,5351,831
19891,4511,719
19881,3121,532
19871,2311,418
19861,3391,577
19851,3261,601
19841,2881,508
19831,2321,446
19821,3241,597
19811,2821,553
19801,2201,504
19791,2741,553

Map of recent crashes in Nottingham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Nottingham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Nottingham

The 24 most recent collisions in Nottingham happened between 16 December and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Nottingham

The A60 has the most collisions in Nottingham, 4,546 of 49,833 (9.1%), followed by the A610 (3,479).

Collisions in Nottingham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA604,5465,67937836
2ndA6103,4794,39652590
3rdA60082,5433,01920458
4thA65142,1342,88235378
5thB6821,9122,39819340
6thA6091,8912,44031370
7thA6111,8742,39816333
8thA61301,5001,92912241
9thA521,4761,94920238
10thB60041,3961,73210319
11thA60051,2101,50013208
12thA62001,0591,34413188
13thB6848461,05715175
14thA6128041,01510162
15thB6867058845138
16thB6906718443133
17thA600257874112129
18thA453452614890
19thB6008236314446
20thA614213280556
21stA6011211283039
22ndB683126151434
23rdB646497111425
24thA60196477010
25thA6464597806
26thB6855965117
27thB6814759213
28thA6004122514
29thB6002111412
30thA6084601

Council areas covering Nottingham

Collisions in Nottingham were recorded in 6 council areas. Nottingham has 48,869 of 49,833 (98%).

Collisions in Nottingham by council area, 1979 to 2025
RankCouncil areaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stNottingham48,86960,5195349,424
2ndGedling5967345130
3rdBroxtowe331443673
4thAshfield151901
5thRushcliffe151905
6thMansfield5601

Postcode districts in Nottingham

Collisions in Nottingham were recorded in 11 postcode districts, led by NG7 (11,533) and NG8 (9,439).