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Road collisions in Chesterfield

Police recorded 743 road collisions involving injury in Chesterfield between 2021 and 2025, about 149 a year. 6 of them were fatal, and an estimated 171 involved serious injury once DfT's severity adjustment is applied. These are reported injury collisions only: damage-only incidents and unreported injuries are not included.

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When collisions happen

The busiest hour was 5pm to 6pm, and 33% of collisions happened between 3pm and 7pm (close to the 32% across Great Britain). Tuesday had the most collisions, and 23% happened at weekends.

Trend over time

Reported collisions went from 146 in 2021 to 144 in 2025, a very small change. Counts are affected by traffic levels, population and changes in how police record injuries, so Chesterfield should not be ranked against other areas on these numbers alone.

Who is affected

Across Chesterfield, 928 people were injured or killed in these collisions. Pedestrians were 19% of casualties (14% across Great Britain), pedal cyclists 8% (12%) and motorcyclists 13% (12%). Car and taxi occupants made up 54%. 5 of the pedestrians were killed.

Children aged 0 to 15 were 9% of casualties, close to the 9% national share. People aged 16 to 25 were 21% (21% nationally), and people over 65 were 10% (10% nationally).

Casualties by age

Vehicles involved

21.5% of collisions involved a pedestrian casualty (17.7% nationally), 10.1% a cyclist (15.0%) and 15.1% a motorcyclist (15.3%). 3.6% involved a goods vehicle (3.9% nationally) and 19.2% involved a driver aged 17 to 24 (21.1%). 8 collisions involved an e-scooter.

Collision hotspots in Chesterfield

These are the 100 metre squares with the most reported collisions in 2021 to 2025. Location is the average position of the collisions in each square, so treat it as approximate.

Roads and streets with the most collisions

Each collision is matched to the nearest named road. Long roads and busy town centres collect the most, so this list shows where collisions are recorded, not which streets are riskiest.

Numbered roads with the most collisions

80% of collisions happened on roads with a 30 mph limit or lower (69% nationally), and 9% on roads with a 60 or 70 mph limit (18% nationally). 66% were at or within 20 metres of a junction or roundabout, higher than the national 54%.

Only numbered roads are listed here. Named streets are in the table above.

Conditions

29% of collisions in Chesterfield happened in darkness, close to the 28% across Great Britain. 88% happened on roads classed as urban, higher than the national 67%.

Type of road

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Light conditions

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About these figures

Only collisions involving injury that were reported to the police are counted. The figures are not adjusted for traffic volume or population, so they should not be used to rank areas against each other. Serious and slight splits use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment. Full explanation.