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S3 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,867 road traffic collisions in the S3 postcode district, Sheffield, from 1979 to 2025, and 6,110 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 51 were fatal and 750 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 47 collisions, down 13% on 2024 (54).

Collisions since 1979
4,867
598th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
6,110
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
51
52 people killed
Serious collisions
750
821 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
47
Down 13% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
58
Down 6% on 2024

Road collision statistics for S3

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal511%
  • Serious75015%
  • Slight4,06684%

What the data shows

  • S3 had 600 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 874 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in S3 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 608 children under 16 were killed or injured in S3, 10% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in S3.

Where S3 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
598th
Most casualties
673rd
Most fatal collisions
1,162nd
Most serious collisions
842nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday735 (15%)
  • Tuesday760 (16%)
  • Wednesday760 (16%)
  • Thursday733 (15%)
  • Friday842 (17%)
  • Saturday624 (13%)
  • Sunday413 (8.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,393 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,378 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown58 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit29 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,444 (50%)
  • Dual carriageway1,319 (27%)
  • Roundabout698 (14%)
  • One way street or slip road370 (7.6%)
  • Not recorded36 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph54 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph4,479 (92%)
  • 40 mph332 (6.8%)
  • 60 mph2 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,866 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds674 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds50 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds45 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds32 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other123 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded65 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,649 (43%)
  • Pedestrian1,353 (22%)
  • Bus or coach occupant952 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist450 (7.4%)
  • Cyclist402 (6.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant160 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant76 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)29 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (0.2%)
  • Other11 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

S3 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in S3, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in S3 peaked at 169 in 1980; 2025 had 47.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 47
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254758
20245462
20235471
20224955
20214450
20205065
20197392
20187296
20177790
201680110
201580108
201474117
20136484
201279107
201184108
201083117
200994123
200897130
200799118
2006120161
2005121148
2004122166
2003129158
2002124159
2001121154
2000124171
1999117147
1998110137
1997118165
1996115140
1995108132
1994123150
1993119149
1992110135
1991129158
1990143177
1989132154
1988130156
1987105129
1986136167
1985119136
1984110136
1983123159
1982143164
1981149171
1980169195
1979144175

Map of recent crashes in S3

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in S3

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in S3

The 24 most recent collisions in S3 happened between 10 June and 29 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in S3

The A61 has the most collisions in S3, 1,195 of 4,867 (25%), followed by the A6135 (665).

Collisions in S3 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA611,1951,53214156
2ndA61356658266111
3rdA57272324225
4thB6070266375046
5thA6134211260540
6thB6074163209134
7thA621126129014
8thA625102130014
9thB653968103011
10thA61096291011
11thB60755978014
12thB6069314015
13thA6178243305
14thB654781102
15thB60794600

Council area for S3

S3 is in Sheffield, where police recorded 71,906 collisions from 1979 to 2025. S3 accounts for 6.8% of them.

Town in S3

All 4,867 collisions in S3 were in Sheffield.