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Wirksworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 226 road traffic collisions in Wirksworth, Derbyshire Dales, from 1979 to 2025, and 287 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 52 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
226
1,822nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
287
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
52
54 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wirksworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.8%
  • Serious5223%
  • Slight17075%

What the data shows

  • Wirksworth had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 41 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Wirksworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 50 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wirksworth, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Wirksworth.

Where Wirksworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,822nd
Most casualties
1,861st
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,700th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (13%)
  • Tuesday27 (12%)
  • Wednesday28 (12%)
  • Thursday30 (13%)
  • Friday44 (19%)
  • Saturday38 (17%)
  • Sunday30 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight169 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit46 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway220 (97%)
  • Roundabout4 (1.8%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph176 (78%)
  • 40 mph39 (17%)
  • 50 mph3 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph8 (3.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds181 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (12%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (2.2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded8 (3.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant142 (49%)
  • Pedestrian63 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist54 (19%)
  • Cyclist23 (8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wirksworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wirksworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wirksworth peaked at 12 in 1987; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202524
202411
202345
202211
202122
202034
201933
201833
201711
201622
201522
201411
201357
201278
201144
201057
200922
200867
200788
200611
200559
200455
200322
200278
200157
2000712
1999813
1998911
199766
199634
199536
199422
1993612
199211
199149
1990711
1989910
198856
19871215
198656
19851213
198444
19831013
198279
198166
19801112
197922

Map of recent crashes in Wirksworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wirksworth

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wirksworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Wirksworth happened between 28 February 2015 and 8 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wirksworth

The B5023 has the most collisions in Wirksworth, 114 of 226 (50%), followed by the B5036 (53).

Collisions in Wirksworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB5023114150126
2ndB50365365014
3rdB5035212306

Council area for Wirksworth

Wirksworth is in the Derbyshire Dales, where police recorded 13,872 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wirksworth accounts for 1.6% of them.

Postcode district for Wirksworth

All 226 collisions in Wirksworth were in the DE4 postcode district.