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Whitwell (Bolsover) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 147 road traffic collisions in Whitwell, Bolsover, from 1979 to 2025, and 180 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 24 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
147
2,300th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
180
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
24
28 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whitwell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious2416%
  • Slight12283%

What the data shows

  • Whitwell had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 20 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Whitwell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 44 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whitwell, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Whitwell.

Where Whitwell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,300th
Most casualties
2,421st
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday16 (11%)
  • Tuesday17 (12%)
  • Wednesday25 (17%)
  • Thursday24 (16%)
  • Friday22 (15%)
  • Saturday31 (21%)
  • Sunday12 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight108 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit28 (19%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (4.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (3.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway147 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph139 (95%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.4%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph5 (3.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds112 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (4.1%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (3.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant73 (41%)
  • Pedestrian49 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (16%)
  • Cyclist15 (8.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (6.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whitwell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whitwell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whitwell peaked at 9 in 2002; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202423
202311
202235
202100
202000
201933
201822
201722
201600
201500
201434
201322
201212
201112
201000
200933
200833
200722
200656
200544
200434
200367
2002910
200122
200046
1999410
199856
199724
199648
199500
199446
199300
199222
199133
199077
198944
198866
198733
198677
198522
198455
198355
198288
198123
198057
197968

Map of recent crashes in Whitwell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whitwell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whitwell

The 24 most recent collisions in Whitwell happened between 19 September 2009 and 11 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whitwell

Of the 147 collisions in Whitwell, 12 were on the B6043.

Collisions in Whitwell on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6043121600

Council area for Whitwell

Whitwell is in Bolsover, where police recorded 11,863 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whitwell accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Whitwell

All 147 collisions in Whitwell were in the S80 postcode district.