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Darton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 903 road traffic collisions in Darton, Barnsley, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,182 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 159 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
903
813th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,182
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
18 people killed
Serious collisions
159
182 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Darton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal131.4%
  • Serious15918%
  • Slight73181%

What the data shows

  • Darton had 102 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 174 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Darton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 238 children under 16 were killed or injured in Darton, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Darton.

Where Darton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
813th
Most casualties
796th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
827th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday129 (14%)
  • Tuesday139 (15%)
  • Wednesday135 (15%)
  • Thursday145 (16%)
  • Friday148 (16%)
  • Saturday122 (14%)
  • Sunday85 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight652 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit205 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting27 (3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway824 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway55 (6.1%)
  • Roundabout11 (1.2%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph735 (81%)
  • 40 mph69 (7.6%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph37 (4.1%)
  • 70 mph48 (5.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds748 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds89 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other23 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant574 (49%)
  • Pedestrian235 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist165 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant79 (6.7%)
  • Cyclist76 (6.4%)
  • Van occupant19 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)16 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Darton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Darton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Darton peaked at 41 in 1981; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202479
202399
20221719
202167
20201116
201967
20181213
20171214
20161824
20151115
20141825
20131521
2012915
20111520
20102434
20091224
20082325
20072134
20062629
20052632
20042429
20032332
20022325
20013541
20003238
19992839
19982732
19972737
19962631
19952740
19941415
19931516
19921927
19912229
19901620
19892731
19881824
19871522
198656
19853238
19842024
19832028
19822025
19814156
19802229
19792351

Map of recent crashes in Darton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Darton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Darton

The 24 most recent collisions in Darton happened between 12 October 2022 and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Darton

The B6131 has the most collisions in Darton, 244 of 903 (27%), followed by the A637 (94).

Collisions in Darton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6131244298149
2ndA63794120118
3rdB642882102212
4thM14910436
5thA614577311
6thA635111701

Council area for Darton

Darton is in Barnsley, where police recorded 31,163 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Darton accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode district for Darton

All 903 collisions in Darton were in the S75 postcode district.