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BD5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,812 road traffic collisions in the BD5 postcode district, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 7,801 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 64 were fatal and 835 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 62 collisions, down 19% on 2024 (77).

Collisions since 1979
5,812
361st highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
7,801
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
64
67 people killed
Serious collisions
835
904 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
62
Down 19% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
74
Down 26% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BD5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal641.1%
  • Serious83514%
  • Slight4,91385%

What the data shows

  • BD5 had 730 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 962 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in BD5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,532 children under 16 were killed or injured in BD5, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in BD5.

Where BD5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
361st
Most casualties
340th
Most fatal collisions
819th
Most serious collisions
663rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday853 (15%)
  • Tuesday821 (14%)
  • Wednesday797 (14%)
  • Thursday885 (15%)
  • Friday979 (17%)
  • Saturday820 (14%)
  • Sunday657 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight4,034 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,638 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown109 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit22 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,672 (63%)
  • Dual carriageway1,665 (29%)
  • Roundabout376 (6.5%)
  • One way street or slip road59 (1%)
  • Not recorded40 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph38 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph4,609 (79%)
  • 40 mph1,151 (20%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph9 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,723 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds792 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds69 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds63 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds43 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist26 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds11 (0.2%)
  • Other52 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded33 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant4,462 (57%)
  • Pedestrian1,922 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist473 (6.1%)
  • Cyclist375 (4.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant265 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant117 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant100 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant29 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)25 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant21 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BD5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BD5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BD5 peaked at 211 in 1998; 2025 had 62.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 62
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256274
202477100
20237499
202291112
202182106
20204146
201968106
201881116
201773107
201681119
201592119
201480110
201376116
201281115
201185122
201089132
2009113158
2008110159
2007112180
2006124173
2005136180
2004133199
2003191303
2002190274
2001172241
2000191277
1999173259
1998211317
1997194261
1996180236
1995151201
1994146176
1993149196
1992142182
1991160194
1990152185
1989157187
1988149194
1987142161
1986123142
1985137162
1984132155
1983126146
1982127152
1981127150
1980120162
1979109140

Map of recent crashes in BD5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BD5

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BD5

The 24 most recent collisions in BD5 happened between 28 August and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BD5

The A641 has the most collisions in BD5, 1,315 of 5,812 (23%), followed by the A6177 (1,095).

Collisions in BD5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6411,3151,89922201
2ndA61771,0951,45417138
3rdA647250333024
4thA6036405008
5thM606151802
6thA6181111204
7thA650101101
8thB63803300

Council area for BD5

BD5 is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BD5 accounts for 7.2% of them.

Town in BD5

All 5,812 collisions in BD5 were in Bradford.