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BD1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 6,416 road traffic collisions in the BD1 postcode district, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 8,702 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 64 were fatal and 723 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 64 collisions, down 7% on 2024 (69).

Collisions since 1979
6,416
255th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
8,702
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
64
67 people killed
Serious collisions
723
795 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
64
Down 7% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
88
Down 5% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BD1

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal641%
  • Serious72311%
  • Slight5,62988%

What the data shows

  • BD1 had 684 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 1,122 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 12% of collisions in BD1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 746 children under 16 were killed or injured in BD1, 8.6% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in BD1.

Where BD1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
255th
Most casualties
241st
Most fatal collisions
819th
Most serious collisions
910th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday960 (15%)
  • Tuesday951 (15%)
  • Wednesday844 (13%)
  • Thursday956 (15%)
  • Friday1,106 (17%)
  • Saturday1,040 (16%)
  • Sunday559 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight4,646 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,651 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown86 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit27 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,669 (57%)
  • Dual carriageway2,176 (34%)
  • One way street or slip road285 (4.4%)
  • Roundabout233 (3.6%)
  • Not recorded53 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph47 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph5,553 (87%)
  • 40 mph808 (13%)
  • 50 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph5 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds5,139 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds941 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds93 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds78 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds40 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist23 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Other62 (1%)
  • Not recorded36 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant4,727 (54%)
  • Pedestrian2,323 (27%)
  • Bus or coach occupant623 (7.2%)
  • Motorcyclist461 (5.3%)
  • Cyclist245 (2.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant133 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant106 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant41 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)23 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BD1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BD1, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BD1 peaked at 217 in 2000; 2025 had 64.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 64
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256488
20246993
20236482
202288116
20217098
20203646
20195282
20186490
201786122
201691123
201594136
201476100
201387154
2012117168
201195132
2010104163
2009113171
2008136212
2007142227
2006158243
2005164237
2004169262
2003160249
2002192282
2001172249
2000217351
1999180247
1998198286
1997191259
1996188248
1995151190
1994176220
1993141192
1992148185
1991165211
1990162226
1989189240
1988170194
1987158179
1986195224
1985160200
1984188219
1983170199
1982159186
1981138163
1980156181
1979153177

Map of recent crashes in BD1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BD1

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BD1

The 24 most recent collisions in BD1 happened between 13 July and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BD1

The A6181 has the most collisions in BD1, 2,019 of 6,416 (31%), followed by the A650 (1,402).

Collisions in BD1 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61812,0192,71920231
2ndA6501,4022,03017169
3rdB6145356487341
4thA6037325479329
5thA647237327118
6thB6144234331224
7thA6588813416
8thA641384701
9thB638191000
10thA603881101
11thA617781101
12thB61818800
13thA61444401
14thA61454502
15thB61543400

Council area for BD1

BD1 is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BD1 accounts for 8% of them.

Town in BD1

All 6,416 collisions in BD1 were in Bradford.