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Southwell (Newark and Sherwood) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 491 road traffic collisions in Southwell, Newark and Sherwood, from 1979 to 2025, and 619 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 98 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
491
1,173rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
619
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
98
109 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Southwell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.4%
  • Serious9820%
  • Slight39180%

What the data shows

  • Southwell had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 13% fewer than the 60 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Southwell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 85 children under 16 were killed or injured in Southwell, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Southwell.

Where Southwell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,173rd
Most casualties
1,175th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,158th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday80 (16%)
  • Tuesday70 (14%)
  • Wednesday81 (16%)
  • Thursday77 (16%)
  • Friday77 (16%)
  • Saturday66 (13%)
  • Sunday40 (8.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight398 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit75 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (2.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway464 (95%)
  • Roundabout20 (4.1%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (1%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph436 (89%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph51 (10%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds406 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds50 (10%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded12 (2.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant285 (46%)
  • Pedestrian132 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist92 (15%)
  • Cyclist74 (12%)
  • Van occupant20 (3.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Southwell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Southwell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Southwell peaked at 22 in 1999; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202466
202356
202211
202155
202022
201988
201877
201756
201679
201555
201478
201311
201256
201155
2010810
200967
200859
20071015
2006812
20051012
20041012
20031422
20021314
200166
20001724
19992229
19981112
19971220
19961725
19951621
19941013
199389
19921215
19911420
19901724
19891824
19881014
19871722
19862027
19851416
19841316
19831111
19821518
19811415
19801620
19792224

Map of recent crashes in Southwell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Southwell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Southwell

The 24 most recent collisions in Southwell happened between 1 December 2020 and 25 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Southwell

The A612 has the most collisions in Southwell, 162 of 491 (33%), followed by the B6386 (53).

Collisions in Southwell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA612162210137
2ndB6386536507

Council area for Southwell

Southwell is in Newark and Sherwood, where police recorded 20,646 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Southwell accounts for 2.4% of them.

Postcode district for Southwell

All 491 collisions in Southwell were in the NG25 postcode district.