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BD18 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,871 road traffic collisions in the BD18 postcode district, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,103 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 47 were fatal and 627 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 39 collisions, down 9% on 2024 (43).

Collisions since 1979
3,871
937th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,103
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
47
47 people killed
Serious collisions
627
696 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
39
Down 9% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
45
Down 8% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BD18

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal471.2%
  • Serious62716%
  • Slight3,19783%

What the data shows

  • BD18 had 421 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 689 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in BD18 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 789 children under 16 were killed or injured in BD18, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in BD18.

Where BD18 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
937th
Most casualties
967th
Most fatal collisions
1,276th
Most serious collisions
1,132nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday550 (14%)
  • Tuesday556 (14%)
  • Wednesday533 (14%)
  • Thursday640 (17%)
  • Friday665 (17%)
  • Saturday543 (14%)
  • Sunday384 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,842 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit968 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown43 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,536 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway172 (4.4%)
  • Roundabout117 (3%)
  • One way street or slip road30 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded16 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph72 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph3,515 (91%)
  • 40 mph265 (6.8%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph12 (0.3%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,169 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds513 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds55 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds35 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds22 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist21 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Other33 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded18 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,693 (53%)
  • Pedestrian1,128 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist538 (11%)
  • Cyclist350 (6.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant186 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant78 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant67 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant28 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BD18 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BD18, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BD18 peaked at 127 in 1999; 2025 had 39.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 39
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253945
20244349
20234656
20223855
20214662
20202838
20194252
20184452
20173549
20166080
20155865
20146273
20134755
20126181
20116298
201083120
200978130
200884134
200784127
200670103
200576110
200493123
200391144
200291141
2001105164
2000111162
1999127174
1998121175
199799140
1996102131
1995113147
199499121
1993102121
1992102121
199192116
1990110134
1989103137
198894114
198794114
1986102131
198584102
1984115130
19838596
1982110140
1981105117
1980126147
1979109127

Map of recent crashes in BD18

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BD18

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BD18

The 24 most recent collisions in BD18 happened between 26 June and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BD18

The A650 has the most collisions in BD18, 1,124 of 3,871 (29%), followed by the A657 (682).

Collisions in BD18 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6501,1241,59618181
2ndA6576829017124
3rdA6038254325337
4thA6037201277236
5thB6149415606
6thB6269142424
7thA6474501

Council area for BD18

BD18 is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BD18 accounts for 4.8% of them.

Towns in BD18

Collisions in BD18 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Shipley (3,576) and Bradford (28).