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North East, Barnsley, S72 7LR area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 134 road collisions at this accident hotspot in North East ward, Barnsley, from 2001 to 2025, with 157 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 29 were serious.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
134
6,175th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
157
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the S72 7LR hotspot

31 of the 134 collisions here (23%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal21.5%
  • Serious2922%
  • Slight10377%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
32
Slightly injured
123
All casualties
157

Accidents by year at the S72 7LR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 11 in 2011, against an average of 5.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the S72 7LR hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202433
202355
202222
2021815
202044
201922
201856
201747
20161010
201523
201444
201334
201269
20111111
201045
20091010
200844
200777
200689
200578
200456
200356
2002810
200166

Map of crashes at the S72 7LR hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near S72 7LR.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the North East, Barnsley, S72 7LR area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the S72 7LR 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
North East
Council area
Barnsley
Nearest postcode to the centre
S72 7LR
Postcode district
S72
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.5755, -1.38037
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
3 December 2025
Rank by collisions
6,175th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the S72 7LR hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A6195, with 22 of 134, followed by the A6105 with 1.

Collisions at the S72 7LR hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6195222909
2ndA61051100
3rdA6351100

Towns near the S72 7LR hotspot

114 of the 134 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Grimethorpe.

Accident hotspots near S72 7LR

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the North East, Barnsley, S72 9HT area, 2.3 km away, with 86 collisions.

All 134 crashes at the S72 7LR hotspot

Newest first, from 22 January 2001 to 3 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year