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Overseal and Castle Gresley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 313 road traffic collisions in Overseal and Castle Gresley, South Derbyshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 419 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 62 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
313
1,510th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
419
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
62
72 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Overseal and Castle Gresley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal82.6%
  • Serious6220%
  • Slight24378%

What the data shows

  • Overseal and Castle Gresley had 35 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 66 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Overseal and Castle Gresley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 64 children under 16 were killed or injured in Overseal and Castle Gresley, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Overseal and Castle Gresley.

Where Overseal and Castle Gresley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,510th
Most casualties
1,482nd
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,551st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday52 (17%)
  • Tuesday37 (12%)
  • Wednesday38 (12%)
  • Thursday39 (12%)
  • Friday54 (17%)
  • Saturday57 (18%)
  • Sunday36 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight220 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit82 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway302 (96%)
  • Roundabout6 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph221 (71%)
  • 40 mph73 (23%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph16 (5.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds249 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (13%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded8 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant258 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist61 (15%)
  • Pedestrian52 (12%)
  • Cyclist31 (7.4%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Overseal and Castle Gresley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Overseal and Castle Gresley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Overseal and Castle Gresley peaked at 13 in 2010; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202436
202359
202245
202122
202058
201933
201822
201722
201647
201556
2014612
201346
201256
20111218
20101314
200944
200844
200756
2006811
200557
200468
200399
2002911
20011321
200079
19991014
1998911
199723
199645
199569
199489
199334
19921220
1991810
1990714
1989911
198889
198767
1986912
1985911
19841316
198367
19821014
198156
19801012
1979913

Map of recent crashes in Overseal and Castle Gresley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Overseal and Castle Gresley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Overseal and Castle Gresley

The 24 most recent collisions in Overseal and Castle Gresley happened between 29 January 2020 and 18 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Overseal and Castle Gresley

The A444 has the most collisions in Overseal and Castle Gresley, 230 of 313 (73%), followed by the B5004 (20).

Collisions in Overseal and Castle Gresley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA444230310843
2ndB5004202205
3rdA51431001
4thB50033600

Council area for Overseal and Castle Gresley

Overseal and Castle Gresley is in South Derbyshire, where police recorded 11,939 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Overseal and Castle Gresley accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Overseal and Castle Gresley

Collisions in Overseal and Castle Gresley were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by DE12 (193) and DE11 (120).