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Whitwick road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 657 road traffic collisions in Whitwick, North West Leicestershire, from 1979 to 2025, and 813 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 110 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
657
983rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
813
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
110
120 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whitwick

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.4%
  • Serious11017%
  • Slight53882%

What the data shows

  • Whitwick had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 98 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Whitwick were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 140 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whitwick, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Whitwick.

Where Whitwick ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
983rd
Most casualties
998th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,079th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday81 (12%)
  • Tuesday107 (16%)
  • Wednesday107 (16%)
  • Thursday98 (15%)
  • Friday90 (14%)
  • Saturday91 (14%)
  • Sunday83 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight447 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit200 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway656 (100%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph630 (96%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph26 (4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds533 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds81 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other17 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant355 (44%)
  • Motorcyclist183 (23%)
  • Pedestrian156 (19%)
  • Cyclist89 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (1%)
  • Van occupant7 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whitwick road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whitwick, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whitwick peaked at 31 in 1981; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202422
202359
202222
202156
202023
201978
201855
201788
201667
2015911
201477
2013810
201233
20111112
20101114
20091012
20081315
20071722
2006912
20052024
20041417
20031212
20021421
20012132
20002732
19992734
19981526
19971013
19961721
19951925
19941718
19931317
19921419
19912429
19901618
19891824
19881721
19872127
19861721
19852324
19842330
19832022
19822434
19813134
19802224
19791722

Map of recent crashes in Whitwick

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whitwick

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whitwick

The 24 most recent collisions in Whitwick happened between 18 May 2019 and 18 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whitwick

The B585 has the most collisions in Whitwick, 96 of 657 (15%), followed by the B587 (89).

Collisions in Whitwick on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB58596115420
2ndB58789108127
3rdB5329324104
4thA512203205

Council area for Whitwick

Whitwick is in North West Leicestershire, where police recorded 15,541 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whitwick accounts for 4.2% of them.

Postcode district for Whitwick

All 657 collisions in Whitwick were in the LE67 postcode district.