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Grimethorpe road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 377 road traffic collisions in Grimethorpe, Barnsley, from 1979 to 2025, and 440 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 64 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
377
1,357th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
440
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
64
70 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Grimethorpe

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.6%
  • Serious6417%
  • Slight30781%

What the data shows

  • Grimethorpe had 51 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 67 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Grimethorpe were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 133 children under 16 were killed or injured in Grimethorpe, 31% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Grimethorpe.

Where Grimethorpe ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,357th
Most casualties
1,440th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,515th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday53 (14%)
  • Tuesday57 (15%)
  • Wednesday49 (13%)
  • Thursday42 (11%)
  • Friday63 (17%)
  • Saturday58 (15%)
  • Sunday55 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight258 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit108 (29%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway342 (91%)
  • Roundabout26 (6.9%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph334 (89%)
  • 40 mph11 (2.9%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph27 (7.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds307 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (8.8%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other12 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant157 (36%)
  • Pedestrian135 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist70 (16%)
  • Cyclist45 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant21 (4.8%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Grimethorpe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Grimethorpe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Grimethorpe peaked at 17 in 1981; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202455
202344
202244
2021816
202066
201933
201856
201747
20161010
201533
201455
201334
201268
20111414
201045
20091112
200844
200788
2006910
200589
200478
200378
2002810
200199
200047
199956
19981418
199779
1996910
199555
19941317
199399
19921617
19911214
199099
19891418
198889
19871014
198669
19851214
198479
1983910
198299
19811719
19801415
19791113

Map of recent crashes in Grimethorpe

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Grimethorpe

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Grimethorpe

The 24 most recent collisions in Grimethorpe happened between 27 December 2020 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Grimethorpe

The A6195 has the most collisions in Grimethorpe, 20 of 377 (5.3%), followed by the A628 (6).

Collisions in Grimethorpe on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6195202404
2ndA62861000

Council area for Grimethorpe

Grimethorpe is in Barnsley, where police recorded 31,163 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Grimethorpe accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Grimethorpe

All 377 collisions in Grimethorpe were in the S72 postcode district.