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HX7 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,583 road traffic collisions in the HX7 postcode district, Calderdale, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,085 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 34 were fatal and 336 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,583
1,939th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,085
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
34
39 people killed
Serious collisions
336
382 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for HX7

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal342.1%
  • Serious33621%
  • Slight1,21377%

What the data shows

  • HX7 had 140 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 240 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in HX7 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 319 children under 16 were killed or injured in HX7, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in HX7.

Where HX7 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,939th
Most casualties
1,972nd
Most fatal collisions
1,719th
Most serious collisions
1,915th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday203 (13%)
  • Tuesday209 (13%)
  • Wednesday204 (13%)
  • Thursday218 (14%)
  • Friday260 (16%)
  • Saturday237 (15%)
  • Sunday252 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,183 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit303 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting69 (4.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,527 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road27 (1.7%)
  • Dual carriageway21 (1.3%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph44 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph1,119 (71%)
  • 40 mph76 (4.8%)
  • 50 mph33 (2.1%)
  • 60 mph306 (19%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,240 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds222 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds29 (1.8%)
  • Fine with high winds27 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds24 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist10 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.4%)
  • Other17 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,098 (53%)
  • Pedestrian413 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist258 (12%)
  • Cyclist146 (7%)
  • Van occupant64 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant53 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)21 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant17 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.3%)
  • Horse rider4 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

HX7 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in HX7, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in HX7 peaked at 61 in 1989; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251315
20241010
20231619
20221417
20211619
202067
20191616
20181516
20171417
20162024
20152628
20142733
20131524
20122733
20112229
20101925
20092129
20082840
20072439
20063141
20052236
20044054
20034069
20023245
20013245
20004562
19995063
19984970
19975474
19964558
19954365
19944350
19935476
19925266
19915274
19904654
19896177
19884247
19873241
19864759
19853545
19844358
19833855
19825569
19815781
19804658
19794853

Map of recent crashes in HX7

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in HX7

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in HX7

The 24 most recent collisions in HX7 happened between 18 December 2023 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in HX7

The A646 has the most collisions in HX7, 798 of 1,583 (50%), followed by the A6033 (135).

Collisions in HX7 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6467981,04818163
2ndA6033135190434
3rdB6138133183133
4thA6293302

Council area for HX7

HX7 is in Calderdale, where police recorded 30,521 collisions from 1979 to 2025. HX7 accounts for 5.2% of them.

Towns in HX7

Collisions in HX7 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Hebden Bridge (575) and Mytholmroyd (453).