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Darfield road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 441 road traffic collisions in Darfield, Barnsley, from 1979 to 2025, and 589 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 89 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
441
1,247th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
589
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
89
102 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Darfield

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.8%
  • Serious8920%
  • Slight34478%

What the data shows

  • Darfield had 71 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% more than the 68 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Darfield were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 135 children under 16 were killed or injured in Darfield, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Darfield.

Where Darfield ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,247th
Most casualties
1,211th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,221st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday63 (14%)
  • Tuesday65 (15%)
  • Wednesday63 (14%)
  • Thursday66 (15%)
  • Friday74 (17%)
  • Saturday64 (15%)
  • Sunday46 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight319 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit101 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (3.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway426 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (2%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph341 (77%)
  • 40 mph67 (15%)
  • 60 mph31 (7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds360 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (9.3%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other10 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant324 (55%)
  • Pedestrian132 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist38 (6.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant20 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Darfield road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Darfield, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Darfield peaked at 19 in 2003; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202499
202344
2022510
2021611
2020611
20191214
201879
20171221
201657
201566
201446
201357
201288
201111
20101017
20091221
2008710
2007913
200668
2005911
20041115
20031922
20021317
20011011
20001620
1999811
19981318
199778
19961213
19951011
1994912
1993910
19921013
1991710
19901420
19891116
19881014
19871119
198678
198566
198478
19831317
19821315
19811722
19801417
19791625

Map of recent crashes in Darfield

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Darfield

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Darfield

The 24 most recent collisions in Darfield happened between 1 October 2021 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Darfield

The A635 has the most collisions in Darfield, 120 of 441 (27%), followed by the B6096 (109).

Collisions in Darfield on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA635120174425
2ndB6096109140228
3rdA628122211

Council area for Darfield

Darfield is in Barnsley, where police recorded 31,163 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Darfield accounts for 1.4% of them.

Postcode district for Darfield

All 441 collisions in Darfield were in the S73 postcode district.