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Dodworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 402 road traffic collisions in Dodworth, Barnsley, from 1979 to 2025, and 518 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 63 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
402
1,300th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
518
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
3 people killed
Serious collisions
63
69 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dodworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.5%
  • Serious6316%
  • Slight33784%

What the data shows

  • Dodworth had 40 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 79 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Dodworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 81 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dodworth, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Dodworth.

Where Dodworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,300th
Most casualties
1,295th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,534th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday54 (13%)
  • Tuesday66 (16%)
  • Wednesday58 (14%)
  • Thursday72 (18%)
  • Friday72 (18%)
  • Saturday44 (11%)
  • Sunday36 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight278 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit113 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway362 (90%)
  • Roundabout35 (8.7%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph285 (71%)
  • 40 mph97 (24%)
  • 60 mph20 (5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds312 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Other14 (3.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant278 (54%)
  • Pedestrian98 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist63 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant33 (6.4%)
  • Cyclist25 (4.8%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dodworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dodworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dodworth peaked at 21 in 1997; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202445
202322
202277
202168
202033
201911
201878
201777
201634
201555
201477
201378
20121316
201169
20101214
200957
200866
2007711
20061118
2005915
200499
2003910
20021011
20011018
20001017
19991422
19981015
19972126
199679
1995811
1994914
1993810
199288
199188
19901315
1989920
19881015
198757
198622
19851620
19842121
19831212
19821620
19811016
19801314
197967

Map of recent crashes in Dodworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dodworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dodworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Dodworth happened between 16 December 2018 and 5 November 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dodworth

The A628 has the most collisions in Dodworth, 132 of 402 (33%), followed by the B6099 (93).

Collisions in Dodworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA628132190121
2ndB609993101014
3rdB64495872011
4thA6133111600

Council area for Dodworth

Dodworth is in Barnsley, where police recorded 31,163 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Dodworth accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Dodworth

All 402 collisions in Dodworth were in the S75 postcode district.