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Shirebrook road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 762 road traffic collisions in Shirebrook, Bolsover, from 1979 to 2025, and 953 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 149 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
762
903rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
953
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
149
162 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Shirebrook

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal70.9%
  • Serious14920%
  • Slight60680%

What the data shows

  • Shirebrook had 102 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 135 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Shirebrook were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 170 children under 16 were killed or injured in Shirebrook, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Shirebrook.

Where Shirebrook ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
903rd
Most casualties
906th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
867th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday104 (14%)
  • Tuesday105 (14%)
  • Wednesday106 (14%)
  • Thursday131 (17%)
  • Friday128 (17%)
  • Saturday105 (14%)
  • Sunday83 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight566 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit170 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway745 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (1%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (0.7%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph735 (96%)
  • 40 mph8 (1%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph17 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds593 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds85 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other18 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded29 (3.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant416 (44%)
  • Pedestrian218 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist175 (18%)
  • Cyclist66 (6.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant50 (5.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (1%)
  • Van occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Shirebrook road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Shirebrook, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Shirebrook peaked at 32 in 1983; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025910
20241111
2023911
20221416
202178
20201214
20191317
20181111
201799
2016711
20151014
20141518
2013912
20121112
20111316
20101524
20091825
20081414
20071517
20061519
20051517
20041826
20031318
20021620
20012029
20002528
19992128
1998712
19971925
19961115
19951827
19941313
19931624
19921618
19911419
19902024
19891620
19882436
19872335
19861720
19852728
19841927
19833235
19822528
19812023
19803235
19792834

Map of recent crashes in Shirebrook

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Shirebrook

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Shirebrook

The 24 most recent collisions in Shirebrook happened between 3 June 2023 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Shirebrook

The B6407 has the most collisions in Shirebrook, 227 of 762 (30%), followed by the B6047 (4).

Collisions in Shirebrook on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6407227298245
2ndB60474402

Council area for Shirebrook

Shirebrook is in Bolsover, where police recorded 11,863 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Shirebrook accounts for 6.4% of them.

Postcode district for Shirebrook

All 762 collisions in Shirebrook were in the NG20 postcode district.