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S7 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
1,803
1,838th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,271
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
17 people killed
Serious collisions
331
354 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
19 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
Down 5% on 2024

Road collision statistics for S7

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal160.9%
  • Serious33118%
  • Slight1,45681%

What the data shows

  • S7 had 216 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 343 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in S7 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 348 children under 16 were killed or injured in S7, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in S7.

Where S7 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,838th
Most casualties
1,916th
Most fatal collisions
2,259th
Most serious collisions
1,925th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday239 (13%)
  • Tuesday281 (16%)
  • Wednesday266 (15%)
  • Thursday277 (15%)
  • Friday304 (17%)
  • Saturday266 (15%)
  • Sunday170 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,269 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit500 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,626 (90%)
  • Dual carriageway120 (6.7%)
  • Roundabout38 (2.1%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph1,662 (92%)
  • 40 mph127 (7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,419 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds246 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds24 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds22 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other49 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded16 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,093 (48%)
  • Pedestrian531 (23%)
  • Cyclist265 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist204 (9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant118 (5.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant27 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant17 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

S7 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in S7, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in S7 peaked at 74 in 1981; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251620
20241921
20231213
20222227
20212123
20202029
20193947
20181819
20172733
20162227
20152832
20142533
20132731
20123643
20112737
20104362
20093850
20083140
20072837
20066078
20053760
20044152
20032937
20024053
20013346
20004256
19994356
19985368
19975262
19963239
19953446
19944154
19935462
19923846
19914250
19905768
19895057
19884251
19874046
19864357
19854856
19845169
19835162
19826476
19817492
19805669
19795779

Map of recent crashes in S7

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in S7

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in S7

The 24 most recent collisions in S7 happened between 9 October 2024 and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in S7

The A621 has the most collisions in S7, 905 of 1,803 (50%), followed by the B6081 (81).

Collisions in S7 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6219051,14911171
2ndB608181107112
3rdB6388293206
4thB6375222903
5thB6068172504
6thA61161812
7thA6255702

Council area for S7

S7 is in Sheffield, where police recorded 71,906 collisions from 1979 to 2025. S7 accounts for 2.5% of them.

Town in S7

Of the 1,803 collisions in S7, 1,721 (95%) were in Sheffield.