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Central, Barnsley, S70 1EQ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,129
277th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,400
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Collisions in 2025
29
Up 16% on 2024

Crash severity at the S70 1EQ hotspot

173 of the 1,129 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal60.5%
  • Serious16715%
  • Slight95685%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
6
Seriously injured
173
Slightly injured
1,221
All casualties
1,400

Accidents by year at the S70 1EQ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 82 in 2003, against an average of 45 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the S70 1EQ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 29
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252935
20242528
20232733
20221919
20212432
20202125
20192836
20183849
20174050
20164257
20152533
20144851
20133856
20124758
20114457
20104265
20096069
20084759
20075260
20065767
20057494
20047295
20038299
20027688
20017285

Map of crashes at the S70 1EQ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near S70 1EQ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Central, Barnsley, S70 1EQ area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the S70 1EQ hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Central
Council area
Barnsley
Nearest postcode to the centre
S70 1EQ
Postcode district
S70
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.55046, -1.47996
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
15 December 2025
Rank by collisions
277th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the S70 1EQ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A628, with 281 of 1,129, followed by the A61 with 181.

Collisions at the S70 1EQ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA628281380239
2ndA61181231123
3rdA613388109115
4thA635425109
5thA11200
6thA61351100
7thA6231100

Towns near the S70 1EQ hotspot

1,128 of the 1,129 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Barnsley.

All 1,129 crashes at the S70 1EQ hotspot

Newest first, from 15 January 2001 to 15 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year