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Holmfirth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 526 road traffic collisions in Holmfirth, Kirklees, from 1979 to 2025, and 708 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 101 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
526
1,125th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
708
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
101
107 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Holmfirth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51%
  • Serious10119%
  • Slight42080%

What the data shows

  • Holmfirth had 54 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 82 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Holmfirth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 91 children under 16 were killed or injured in Holmfirth, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Holmfirth.

Where Holmfirth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,125th
Most casualties
1,096th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,142nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (11%)
  • Tuesday83 (16%)
  • Wednesday70 (13%)
  • Thursday73 (14%)
  • Friday82 (16%)
  • Saturday90 (17%)
  • Sunday68 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight387 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit124 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway510 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph464 (88%)
  • 40 mph38 (7.2%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph19 (3.6%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds435 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds57 (11%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.8%)
  • Other3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant265 (37%)
  • Pedestrian178 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist125 (18%)
  • Bus or coach occupant70 (9.9%)
  • Cyclist46 (6.5%)
  • Van occupant17 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Holmfirth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Holmfirth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Holmfirth peaked at 27 in 1982; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202466
202366
202277
202111
202022
201988
201869
201745
2016811
201567
20141111
2013710
201289
2011912
20101012
200959
2008710
20071014
2006912
20051012
2004912
20031162
200289
20011216
20001216
19991617
19981420
19971923
19961418
19951619
199479
19931323
19922023
19911115
19901821
19891216
19881415
19871729
19861417
19852328
19841418
19832326
19822735
19811316
19801212
19791113

Map of recent crashes in Holmfirth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Holmfirth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Holmfirth

The 24 most recent collisions in Holmfirth happened between 4 February 2022 and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Holmfirth

The A6024 has the most collisions in Holmfirth, 197 of 526 (37%), followed by the A635 (151).

Collisions in Holmfirth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6024197250331
2ndA635151196230
3rdB610665134017
4thA6164501

Council area for Holmfirth

Holmfirth is in Kirklees, where police recorded 57,248 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Holmfirth accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Holmfirth

All 526 collisions in Holmfirth were in the HD9 postcode district.