The A60: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 192 people were killed or seriously injured in 172 collisions on the A60, making it the 55th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
172
serious or fatal collisions
192
people killed or seriously injured
13
collisions that took a life
#55
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A60 carries 653 recorded injury collisions over the period, 172 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Nottingham, Bassetlaw, Gedling, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 8%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2025 with 40 serious collisions, and the count is up 82% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A60
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Nottingham59 KSI
- Bassetlaw25 KSI
- Gedling23 KSI
- Rushcliffe20 KSI
- Mansfield17 KSI
- Doncaster13 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A60
2025: 40 (up 21.2% on the year before) · peak 40 in 2025 · +81.8% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A60
How many accidents happen on the A60?
Police recorded 653 injury collisions on the A60 over 2021–2025, of which 172 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 192 people killed or seriously injured, including 13 fatal collisions.
Is the A60 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 55 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 49 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A60 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Nottingham, Bassetlaw, Gedling. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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