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Hebden Bridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 577 road traffic collisions in Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, from 1979 to 2025, and 728 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 111 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
577
1,064th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
728
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
111
122 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hebden Bridge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.2%
  • Serious11119%
  • Slight45980%

What the data shows

  • Hebden Bridge had 46 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 83 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Hebden Bridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 119 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hebden Bridge, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Hebden Bridge.

Where Hebden Bridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,064th
Most casualties
1,077th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,068th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday80 (14%)
  • Tuesday86 (15%)
  • Wednesday69 (12%)
  • Thursday76 (13%)
  • Friday102 (18%)
  • Saturday81 (14%)
  • Sunday83 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight441 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit124 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway543 (94%)
  • One way street or slip road24 (4.2%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph27 (4.7%)
  • 30 mph502 (87%)
  • 40 mph39 (6.8%)
  • 60 mph9 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds464 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds78 (14%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant305 (42%)
  • Pedestrian215 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist77 (11%)
  • Cyclist62 (8.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant28 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant20 (2.7%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hebden Bridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hebden Bridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hebden Bridge peaked at 22 in 1986; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202411
202366
202255
202169
202011
201966
201855
201768
201666
201589
20141213
201337
201289
201155
201089
20091017
20081219
200766
20061113
20051016
20041318
20031519
20021922
2001917
20001825
19992025
19982130
19971518
19961721
19952132
19941920
19932129
19921013
19912025
19901617
19892124
19881616
19871114
19862227
19851519
19841315
19831722
19822027
19811723
19801515
19791719

Map of recent crashes in Hebden Bridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hebden Bridge

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hebden Bridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Hebden Bridge happened between 19 December 2019 and 24 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hebden Bridge

The A646 has the most collisions in Hebden Bridge, 344 of 577 (60%), followed by the A6033 (40).

Collisions in Hebden Bridge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA646344455470
2ndA6033405309

Council area for Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge is in Calderdale, where police recorded 30,521 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hebden Bridge accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Hebden Bridge

Of the 577 collisions in Hebden Bridge, 575 (99.7%) were in the HX7 postcode district.