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Ripley (Amber Valley) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,885 road traffic collisions in Ripley, Amber Valley, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,368 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 21 were fatal and 309 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 26 collisions, up from 17 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,885
481st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,368
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
21
22 people killed
Serious collisions
309
348 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
26
17 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
35
18 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ripley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal211.1%
  • Serious30916%
  • Slight1,55582%

What the data shows

  • Ripley had 234 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 357 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Ripley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 298 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ripley, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Ripley.

Where Ripley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
481st
Most casualties
481st
Most fatal collisions
473rd
Most serious collisions
496th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday245 (13%)
  • Tuesday269 (14%)
  • Wednesday225 (12%)
  • Thursday289 (15%)
  • Friday314 (17%)
  • Saturday297 (16%)
  • Sunday246 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,329 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit464 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown52 (2.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting22 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit18 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,683 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road148 (7.9%)
  • Roundabout25 (1.3%)
  • Dual carriageway23 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph1,646 (87%)
  • 40 mph149 (7.9%)
  • 50 mph12 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph65 (3.4%)
  • 70 mph8 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,426 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds240 (13%)
  • Snowing, no high winds22 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist15 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.3%)
  • Other60 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded85 (4.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,177 (50%)
  • Pedestrian510 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist390 (16%)
  • Cyclist165 (7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant43 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant42 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)15 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ripley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ripley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ripley peaked at 68 in 1984; 2025 had 26.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 26
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252635
20241718
20232837
20222729
20212829
20201616
20192528
20182124
20172426
20162229
20152834
20142937
20132941
20122530
20113951
20104146
20094047
20083642
20074254
20064862
20054351
20044768
20034457
20024560
20015682
20005065
19993744
19984766
19975675
19965670
19954761
19945871
19933041
19924960
19914355
19904454
19894356
19884856
19873740
19862935
19854346
19846882
19836180
19825269
19814661
19805567
19796081

Map of recent crashes in Ripley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ripley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ripley

The 24 most recent collisions in Ripley happened between 4 February and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ripley

The A610 has the most collisions in Ripley, 416 of 1,885 (22%), followed by the B6179 (383).

Collisions in Ripley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA610416553978
2ndB6179383482561
3rdB6441229283329
4thA6195128025
5thA600785122117
6thB6374506014
7thA387702

Council area for Ripley

Ripley is in Amber Valley, where police recorded 15,806 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ripley accounts for 12% of them.

Postcode district for Ripley

All 1,885 collisions in Ripley were in the DE5 postcode district.