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Hellaby road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 400 road traffic collisions in Hellaby, Rotherham, from 1979 to 2025, and 545 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 40 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
400
1,306th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
545
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
40
46 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hellaby

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.8%
  • Serious4010%
  • Slight35388%

What the data shows

  • Hellaby had 53 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 67 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 12% of collisions in Hellaby were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 39 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hellaby, 7.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Hellaby.

Where Hellaby ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,306th
Most casualties
1,262nd
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,973rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday61 (15%)
  • Tuesday54 (14%)
  • Wednesday72 (18%)
  • Thursday67 (17%)
  • Friday74 (19%)
  • Saturday41 (10%)
  • Sunday31 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight303 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit61 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting29 (7.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway217 (54%)
  • Dual carriageway98 (25%)
  • Roundabout77 (19%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph95 (24%)
  • 40 mph212 (53%)
  • 50 mph4 (1%)
  • 60 mph27 (6.8%)
  • 70 mph62 (16%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds309 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds54 (14%)
  • Fog or mist10 (2.5%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1%)
  • Other8 (2%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant389 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist51 (9.4%)
  • Pedestrian28 (5.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (4.8%)
  • Cyclist22 (4%)
  • Van occupant16 (2.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hellaby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hellaby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hellaby peaked at 23 in 1999; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202456
202358
2022814
202167
202022
2019612
201859
201733
2016911
201522
201468
201349
201211
2011610
201069
20091415
20081015
20071115
200679
20051518
20041112
20031215
20021627
20011618
20001520
19992330
19982027
19971221
19961213
19951014
1994910
199378
19921120
19911315
1990910
19891522
1988711
198768
198644
1985913
198477
198324
198225
198123
1980811
197978

Map of recent crashes in Hellaby

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hellaby

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hellaby

The 24 most recent collisions in Hellaby happened between 24 August 2021 and 28 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hellaby

The A631 has the most collisions in Hellaby, 235 of 400 (59%), followed by the M18 (68).

Collisions in Hellaby on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA631235306318
2ndM1868105311
3rdA6303700

Council area for Hellaby

Hellaby is in Rotherham, where police recorded 35,564 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hellaby accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Hellaby

Of the 400 collisions in Hellaby, 399 (99.8%) were in the S66 postcode district.