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BD2 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,392 road traffic collisions in the BD2 postcode district, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,953 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 59 were fatal and 749 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 68 collisions, down 12% on 2024 (77).

Collisions since 1979
4,392
739th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,953
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
59
59 people killed
Serious collisions
749
833 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
68
Down 12% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
88
Down 10% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BD2

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal591.3%
  • Serious74917%
  • Slight3,58482%

What the data shows

  • BD2 had 578 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 802 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in BD2 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,021 children under 16 were killed or injured in BD2, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in BD2.

Where BD2 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
739th
Most casualties
714th
Most fatal collisions
952nd
Most serious collisions
847th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday619 (14%)
  • Tuesday591 (13%)
  • Wednesday662 (15%)
  • Thursday683 (16%)
  • Friday690 (16%)
  • Saturday649 (15%)
  • Sunday498 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,991 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,269 (29%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown112 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit17 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,919 (89%)
  • Dual carriageway250 (5.7%)
  • Roundabout180 (4.1%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded35 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph29 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph3,257 (74%)
  • 40 mph1,072 (24%)
  • 50 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph30 (0.7%)
  • 70 mph2 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,500 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds604 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds76 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds63 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds39 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist31 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (0.2%)
  • Other50 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded21 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,662 (62%)
  • Pedestrian1,097 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist580 (9.7%)
  • Cyclist320 (5.4%)
  • Van occupant108 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant76 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant50 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)22 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant15 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BD2 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BD2, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BD2 peaked at 154 in 2001; 2025 had 68.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 68
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256888
20247798
20235776
20226284
20214872
20205265
20194962
20185462
20175468
20165777
201581104
20147099
20135778
201275113
20117591
201075112
200985113
200879109
2007101160
2006104147
2005103153
200498130
200387124
2002128207
2001154241
2000133205
1999125191
1998120181
1997124169
1996111158
1995124168
1994106128
199395124
199298128
1991108140
1990137176
1989115135
1988100127
1987115159
1986106128
198597113
1984116145
1983118148
1982106133
198184105
1980110142
197994117

Map of recent crashes in BD2

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BD2

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BD2

The 24 most recent collisions in BD2 happened between 5 September and 28 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BD2

The A658 has the most collisions in BD2, 585 of 4,392 (13%), followed by the A6177 (485).

Collisions in BD2 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA65858576017104
2ndA6177485749778
3rdA60374536601073
4thA6176289403541
5thA603695141420
6thA650162713
7thA6038111805
8thB61483301
9thB61773300

Council area for BD2

BD2 is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BD2 accounts for 5.5% of them.

Towns in BD2

Collisions in BD2 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Bradford (4,356) and Shipley (14).