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BD7 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,536 road traffic collisions in the BD7 postcode district, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 7,564 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 61 were fatal and 879 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 68 collisions, down 19% on 2024 (84).

Collisions since 1979
5,536
415th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
7,564
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
61
65 people killed
Serious collisions
879
993 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
68
Down 19% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
94
Down 20% on 2024

Road collision statistics for BD7

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal611.1%
  • Serious87916%
  • Slight4,59683%

What the data shows

  • BD7 had 764 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 994 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in BD7 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,350 children under 16 were killed or injured in BD7, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in BD7.

Where BD7 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
415th
Most casualties
376th
Most fatal collisions
903rd
Most serious collisions
576th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday821 (15%)
  • Tuesday720 (13%)
  • Wednesday781 (14%)
  • Thursday834 (15%)
  • Friday914 (17%)
  • Saturday805 (15%)
  • Sunday661 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,668 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,727 (31%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown106 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit23 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway5,308 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway90 (1.6%)
  • Roundabout65 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road44 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded29 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph59 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph5,407 (98%)
  • 40 mph68 (1.2%)
  • 50 mph2 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,493 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds735 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds80 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds68 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds50 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist23 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds9 (0.2%)
  • Other48 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded30 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant4,383 (58%)
  • Pedestrian2,004 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist495 (6.5%)
  • Cyclist323 (4.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant123 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant95 (1.3%)
  • Van occupant86 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)23 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (0.1%)
  • Other6 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

BD7 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in BD7, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in BD7 peaked at 191 in 1998; 2025 had 68.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 68
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256894
202484117
202383105
202280116
202190124
20206796
20195976
20186792
201775106
201691130
201596136
201481132
201380124
201297156
201184121
201086126
2009106147
2008111182
2007116157
2006137203
2005107189
2004145218
2003162232
2002167252
2001157223
2000168245
1999186262
1998191252
1997164211
1996149206
1995137183
1994126159
1993132163
1992135181
1991146178
1990149184
1989135165
1988112136
1987135168
1986108133
1985152194
1984120135
1983114143
1982112129
1981124165
1980115153
1979130165

Map of recent crashes in BD7

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in BD7

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in BD7

The 24 most recent collisions in BD7 happened between 7 October and 25 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in BD7

The A647 has the most collisions in BD7, 1,060 of 5,536 (19%), followed by the A6177 (784).

Collisions in BD7 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6471,0601,47819203
2ndA61777841,0776124
3rdB6145415707
4thB6380232404
5thB6148202908
6thA6181131304
7thB614791000

Council area for BD7

BD7 is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. BD7 accounts for 6.9% of them.

Town in BD7

Of the 5,536 collisions in BD7, 5,505 (99%) were in Bradford.