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Honley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,290 road traffic collisions in Honley, Kirklees, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,682 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 24 were fatal and 282 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, down from 19 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,290
629th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,682
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
24
24 people killed
Serious collisions
282
315 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
19 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
Down 17% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Honley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal241.9%
  • Serious28222%
  • Slight98476%

What the data shows

  • Honley had 159 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% fewer than the 186 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Honley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 315 children under 16 were killed or injured in Honley, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Honley.

Where Honley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
629th
Most casualties
614th
Most fatal collisions
413th
Most serious collisions
535th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday216 (17%)
  • Tuesday165 (13%)
  • Wednesday183 (14%)
  • Thursday197 (15%)
  • Friday216 (17%)
  • Saturday167 (13%)
  • Sunday146 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight922 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit332 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown17 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,245 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway20 (1.6%)
  • Roundabout11 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph1,088 (84%)
  • 40 mph120 (9.3%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph65 (5%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,033 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds171 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds15 (1.2%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.4%)
  • Other18 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant840 (50%)
  • Pedestrian314 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist242 (14%)
  • Cyclist145 (8.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant61 (3.6%)
  • Van occupant37 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)22 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Honley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Honley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Honley peaked at 45 in 1996; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251220
20241924
20232123
20222022
20211216
20201314
20191321
20181415
20171416
20162125
20151624
20141718
20131821
20122327
20112329
20101719
20091325
20081821
20072332
20061826
20053354
20042336
20033246
20023754
20012938
20003667
19993355
19983041
19973452
19964561
19952534
19942841
19932730
19924050
19913037
19904350
19893543
19883135
19874356
19864553
19854252
19844450
19833139
19824042
19814249
19803946
19792833

Map of recent crashes in Honley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Honley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Honley

The 24 most recent collisions in Honley happened between 15 March 2024 and 1 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Honley

The A616 has the most collisions in Honley, 339 of 1,290 (26%), followed by the A635 (233).

Collisions in Honley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA616339448674
2ndA635233339948
3rdA6024160218137
4thB6107232905

Council area for Honley

Honley is in Kirklees, where police recorded 57,248 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Honley accounts for 2.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Honley

Collisions in Honley were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by HD9 (1,264) and HD4 (26).