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BD17 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,958 road traffic collisions in the BD17 postcode district, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,700 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 30 were fatal and 356 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 22 collisions, down 24% on 2024 (29).

Collisions since 1979
1,958
1,769th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,700
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
30
33 people killed
Serious collisions
356
413 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
22
Down 24% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
33
Down 3% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BD17

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal301.5%
  • Serious35618%
  • Slight1,57280%

What the data shows

  • BD17 had 210 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 332 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in BD17 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 304 children under 16 were killed or injured in BD17, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in BD17.

Where BD17 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,769th
Most casualties
1,768th
Most fatal collisions
1,849th
Most serious collisions
1,885th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday272 (14%)
  • Tuesday283 (14%)
  • Wednesday243 (12%)
  • Thursday301 (15%)
  • Friday332 (17%)
  • Saturday270 (14%)
  • Sunday257 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,374 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit499 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting51 (2.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown28 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,699 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway222 (11%)
  • Roundabout16 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph1,554 (79%)
  • 40 mph152 (7.8%)
  • 50 mph40 (2%)
  • 60 mph194 (9.9%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,586 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds257 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds26 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds20 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds15 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.2%)
  • Other30 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded12 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,635 (61%)
  • Pedestrian405 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist316 (12%)
  • Cyclist161 (6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant76 (2.8%)
  • Van occupant41 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant33 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BD17 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BD17, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BD17 peaked at 84 in 1999; 2025 had 22.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 22
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252233
20242934
20232331
20222125
20212330
20201516
20191926
20182229
20171620
20162022
20152426
20143242
20132743
20122657
20112842
20103648
20094165
20083866
20073444
20064672
20055682
20044965
20034166
20024356
200162107
20005387
199984135
19986995
19975173
19964862
19954775
19945468
19935873
19925668
19915267
19905362
19896175
19885667
19875871
19863754
19855166
19845878
19834359
19824460
19814146
19804146
19795066

Map of recent crashes in BD17

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BD17

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BD17

The 24 most recent collisions in BD17 happened between 20 December 2024 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BD17

The A6038 has the most collisions in BD17, 794 of 1,958 (41%), followed by the B6151 (215).

Collisions in BD17 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA60387941,12314145
2ndB6151215300439
3rdA657142188118
4thA60373300

Council area for BD17

BD17 is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BD17 accounts for 2.4% of them.

Towns in BD17

Collisions in BD17 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Baildon (1,148) and Shipley (417).