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Great Houghton (Barnsley) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 120 road traffic collisions in Great Houghton, Barnsley, from 1979 to 2025, and 152 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 22 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
120
2,583rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
152
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
22
24 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Great Houghton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.8%
  • Serious2218%
  • Slight9781%

What the data shows

  • Great Houghton had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 11% fewer than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Great Houghton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 26 children under 16 were killed or injured in Great Houghton, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Great Houghton.

Where Great Houghton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,583rd
Most casualties
2,655th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,653rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday16 (13%)
  • Tuesday18 (15%)
  • Wednesday11 (9.2%)
  • Thursday15 (13%)
  • Friday24 (20%)
  • Saturday24 (20%)
  • Sunday12 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight87 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit31 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway119 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph108 (90%)
  • 40 mph7 (5.8%)
  • 60 mph5 (4.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds102 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (9.2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other3 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant78 (51%)
  • Pedestrian39 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist23 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (2%)
  • Cyclist3 (2%)
  • Van occupant3 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Great Houghton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Great Houghton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Great Houghton peaked at 8 in 1984; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202411
202311
202200
202133
202000
201922
201800
201722
201647
201511
201400
201300
201222
201122
201026
200933
200856
200722
200622
200522
200422
200311
200255
200166
200033
199922
199856
199758
199623
199523
199411
199322
1992510
199122
199011
198944
198824
198711
198600
198545
1984810
198334
198223
198167
198056
197936

Map of recent crashes in Great Houghton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Great Houghton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Great Houghton

The 24 most recent collisions in Great Houghton happened between 1 May 2010 and 27 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Great Houghton

The B6273 has the most collisions in Great Houghton, 87 of 120 (73%), followed by the B6411 (16).

Collisions in Great Houghton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB627387116119
2ndB6411161701

Council area for Great Houghton

Great Houghton is in Barnsley, where police recorded 31,163 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Great Houghton accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Great Houghton

All 120 collisions in Great Houghton were in the S72 postcode district.