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Rotherham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 35,564 road traffic collisions in Rotherham from 1979 to 2025, and 49,403 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 560 were fatal and 5,955 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 429 collisions, up 2% on 2024 (421), and casualties rose from 575 to 579.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
35,564
76th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
49,403
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
560
1.6% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
429
Up 2% on 2024

Crash severity in Rotherham

1.6% of collisions in Rotherham from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 17% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal5601.6%
  • Serious5,95517%
  • Slight29,04982%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal6101.2%
  • Serious6,94914%
  • Slight41,84485%

Rotherham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rotherham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,027 in 2001. In 2025 there were 429, up 2% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025429579
2024421575
2023437583
2022408555
2021375491
2020364485
2019436589
2018458629
2017514728
2016560807
2015574853
2014559823
2013632906
2012584852
20116751,040
2010647984
20097371,139
20088241,184
20079211,349
20068771,298
20058291,202
20049301,345
20039511,317
20029121,257
20011,0271,420
20009221,306
19999851,408
19989261,395
19979081,269
19969051,277
19958421,173
19949521,294
19939361,295
19928371,123
19918351,083
19908791,198
19898951,234
19888841,184
19877951,053
19868711,139
19858511,118
19848541,089
19838811,140
19829411,249
19818531,110
19808231,078
19799081,198

When and where crashes happen in Rotherham

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday5,025 (14%)
  • Tuesday5,061 (14%)
  • Wednesday5,055 (14%)
  • Thursday5,355 (15%)
  • Friday6,164 (17%)
  • Saturday5,010 (14%)
  • Sunday3,894 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591,239 (3.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59677 (1.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:593,776 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:594,848 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:596,539 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:599,200 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:595,781 (16%)
  • 21:00 to 23:593,504 (9.9%)

Collisions by month

  • January2,862 (8%)
  • February2,683 (7.5%)
  • March2,917 (8.2%)
  • April2,727 (7.7%)
  • May2,925 (8.2%)
  • June2,808 (7.9%)
  • July3,071 (8.6%)
  • August2,758 (7.8%)
  • September2,974 (8.4%)
  • October3,115 (8.8%)
  • November3,470 (9.8%)
  • December3,254 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight25,171 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit7,940 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1,882 (5.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown341 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit230 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds27,974 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds4,832 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds477 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds335 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist306 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds278 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds62 (0.2%)
  • Other894 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded406 (1.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry23,058 (65%)
  • Wet or damp11,530 (32%)
  • Frost or ice667 (1.9%)
  • Snow263 (0.7%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep31 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded15 (under 0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph350 (1%)
  • 30 mph19,940 (56%)
  • 40 mph6,763 (19%)
  • 50 mph806 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph4,736 (13%)
  • 70 mph2,968 (8.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway26,988 (76%)
  • Dual carriageway4,922 (14%)
  • Roundabout2,831 (8%)
  • One way street or slip road553 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded270 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Rotherham

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant30,231 (61%)
  • Pedestrian7,431 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist4,523 (9.2%)
  • Cyclist2,423 (4.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2,414 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant1,004 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)508 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant300 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant259 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant221 (0.4%)
  • Other68 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded21 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,550 (3.1%)
  • 6 to 102,500 (5.1%)
  • 11 to 153,540 (7.2%)
  • 16 to 208,506 (17%)
  • 21 to 256,482 (13%)
  • 26 to 358,788 (18%)
  • 36 to 456,398 (13%)
  • 46 to 554,798 (9.7%)
  • 56 to 653,086 (6.2%)
  • 66 to 751,942 (3.9%)
  • Over 751,205 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded608 (1.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider26,914 (54%)
  • Passenger15,058 (30%)
  • Pedestrian7,431 (15%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car47,357 (75%)
  • Motorcycle4,597 (7.2%)
  • Bus or coach2,596 (4.1%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes2,581 (4.1%)
  • Pedal cycle2,461 (3.9%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes2,433 (3.8%)
  • Other vehicle482 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car417 (0.7%)
  • Minibus256 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown127 (0.2%)
  • Other90 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded22 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Rotherham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Rotherham

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Rotherham ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Rotherham had the 76th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
76th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
67th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
54th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
78th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
73rdNorth Lanarkshire36,24948,5637138,598
74thPortsmouth36,24743,4072766,570
75thDudley35,58547,2464456,599
76thRotherham (this area)35,56449,4035605,955
77thDerby35,36845,1313755,741
78thWolverhampton34,90445,8224266,479
79thSunderland34,89146,3054756,244

Accident hotspots in Rotherham

Boston Castle, Rotherham, S60 1PA area is the busiest accident hotspot in Rotherham, with 1,082 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 10 of them fatal.

Roads in Rotherham with the most crashes

The A631 had the most collisions in Rotherham from 1979 to 2025: 2,853, including 52 fatal and 487 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Rotherham, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6312,8533,99152487
2ndA6302,5113,66453366
3rdM12,0823,41744240
4thA6331,9002,59132289
5thA571,3852,16837265
6thA6181,2021,70229223
7thB60609811,33923195
8thB60899551,41721158
9thA61238421,15213155
10thA60217791,0107109
11thA6297671,0708130
12thA6022577771695
13thB609051477811109
14thM18471760883
15thA6109407551668
16thB6059369472571
17thB6067368548585
18thB6463361578890
19thB6066307406367
20thB6410294440844

Towns in Rotherham

Rotherham itself had the most collisions of any town in the area from 1979 to 2025: 8,819.

Postcode districts in Rotherham

S60 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Rotherham from 1979 to 2025: 7,485.

Latest crashes in Rotherham

Of the latest 24 crashes in Rotherham, 1 was fatal and 8 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity