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Wingerworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 265 road traffic collisions in Wingerworth, North East Derbyshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 391 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 40 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
265
1,674th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
391
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
12 people killed
Serious collisions
40
44 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wingerworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal93.4%
  • Serious4015%
  • Slight21682%

What the data shows

  • Wingerworth had 32 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 45 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Wingerworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 64 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wingerworth, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Wingerworth.

Where Wingerworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,674th
Most casualties
1,552nd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,973rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (11%)
  • Tuesday32 (12%)
  • Wednesday43 (16%)
  • Thursday43 (16%)
  • Friday39 (15%)
  • Saturday38 (14%)
  • Sunday40 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight200 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit54 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (2.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway259 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph103 (39%)
  • 40 mph22 (8.3%)
  • 50 mph39 (15%)
  • 60 mph100 (38%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds202 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds35 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded6 (2.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant242 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist44 (11%)
  • Pedestrian39 (10%)
  • Cyclist26 (6.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant19 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wingerworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wingerworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wingerworth peaked at 12 in 1988; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025610
202467
202335
202256
202157
202022
201923
201822
201700
201611
201523
201434
201359
201268
201100
201038
200915
200878
200777
20061115
200555
2004721
2003713
200278
2001611
200058
199978
199822
199779
199668
1995915
199437
199356
199256
19911019
19901012
1989812
19881217
19871113
198644
1985814
1984814
198311
19821116
198168
19801114
1979710

Map of recent crashes in Wingerworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wingerworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wingerworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Wingerworth happened between 16 March 2021 and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wingerworth

Of the 265 collisions in Wingerworth, 144 were on the A61.

Collisions in Wingerworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61144239526

Council area for Wingerworth

Wingerworth is in North East Derbyshire, where police recorded 13,585 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wingerworth accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Wingerworth

All 265 collisions in Wingerworth were in the S42 postcode district.