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S4 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,148 road traffic collisions in the S4 postcode district, Sheffield, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,322 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 25 were fatal and 550 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 60 collisions, up 50% on 2024 (40).

Collisions since 1979
3,148
1,241st highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,322
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
25
26 people killed
Serious collisions
550
619 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
60
Up 50% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
74
Up 17% on 2024

Road collision statistics for S4

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal250.8%
  • Serious55017%
  • Slight2,57382%

What the data shows

  • S4 had 478 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 665 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in S4 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 608 children under 16 were killed or injured in S4, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in S4.

Where S4 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,241st
Most casualties
1,212th
Most fatal collisions
1,994th
Most serious collisions
1,350th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday438 (14%)
  • Tuesday497 (16%)
  • Wednesday476 (15%)
  • Thursday483 (15%)
  • Friday531 (17%)
  • Saturday435 (14%)
  • Sunday288 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,273 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit816 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown29 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit26 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,545 (81%)
  • Dual carriageway255 (8.1%)
  • Roundabout216 (6.9%)
  • One way street or slip road105 (3.3%)
  • Not recorded27 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph57 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph2,943 (93%)
  • 40 mph140 (4.4%)
  • 50 mph8 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,480 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds442 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds33 (1%)
  • Fine with high winds32 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds21 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other85 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded43 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,433 (56%)
  • Pedestrian822 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist326 (7.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant290 (6.7%)
  • Cyclist230 (5.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant82 (1.9%)
  • Van occupant72 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)27 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant15 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

S4 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in S4, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in S4 peaked at 107 in 2001; 2025 had 60.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 60
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256074
20244063
20233746
20223855
20213746
20205370
20194667
20184668
20175058
201671114
20156798
20144873
201374106
201266104
20116187
20105375
200978123
20086587
200768104
200685124
200588120
200491135
200378112
2002105148
2001107145
20007199
199996134
199883119
199784112
19965878
19956696
19947293
19936698
19927196
19917490
19907994
19897394
19886989
19875365
19865470
19855782
19845876
19836991
19826884
19816473
19807492
19797795

Map of recent crashes in S4

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in S4

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in S4

The 24 most recent collisions in S4 happened between 10 July and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in S4

The A6135 has the most collisions in S4, 650 of 3,148 (21%), followed by the A6102 (408).

Collisions in S4 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61356508905105
2ndA6102408554366
3rdA6109343529453
4thB6082295410266
5thB6080118166029
6thB6073106155013
7thA617897134114
8thA57446507
9thA61406714
10thB6086303303
11thB6083233105
12thB6071222803

Council area for S4

S4 is in Sheffield, where police recorded 71,906 collisions from 1979 to 2025. S4 accounts for 4.4% of them.

Town in S4

All 3,148 collisions in S4 were in Sheffield.