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Ilkley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 996 road traffic collisions in Ilkley, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,312 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 22 were fatal and 162 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
996
754th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,312
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
22
24 people killed
Serious collisions
162
186 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ilkley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal222.2%
  • Serious16216%
  • Slight81282%

What the data shows

  • Ilkley had 112 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 139 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Ilkley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 195 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ilkley, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Ilkley.

Where Ilkley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
754th
Most casualties
729th
Most fatal collisions
451st
Most serious collisions
813th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday132 (13%)
  • Tuesday116 (12%)
  • Wednesday142 (14%)
  • Thursday150 (15%)
  • Friday177 (18%)
  • Saturday156 (16%)
  • Sunday123 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight748 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit211 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway958 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road19 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (1.1%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph860 (86%)
  • 40 mph92 (9.2%)
  • 60 mph32 (3.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds776 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds159 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds19 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other20 (2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant677 (52%)
  • Pedestrian333 (25%)
  • Cyclist123 (9.4%)
  • Motorcyclist110 (8.4%)
  • Van occupant27 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant21 (1.6%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ilkley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ilkley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ilkley peaked at 49 in 1983; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
20241011
20231820
20221417
202166
20201217
20191213
20181115
20171013
20161317
20151517
20141315
20131419
20121113
20111114
20101215
20091012
20081620
20071620
20062132
20051629
20042336
20032026
20022331
20011824
20002029
19991621
19981824
19973445
19962331
19952329
19942936
19931729
19922633
19913248
19903037
19894054
19882934
19873948
19862841
19853547
19842839
19834960
19823247
19813948
19803239
19792634

Map of recent crashes in Ilkley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ilkley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ilkley

The 24 most recent collisions in Ilkley happened between 8 October 2023 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ilkley

The A65 has the most collisions in Ilkley, 388 of 996 (39%), followed by the B6382 (166).

Collisions in Ilkley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA65388543867
2ndB6382166195428

Council area for Ilkley

Ilkley is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ilkley accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Ilkley

All 996 collisions in Ilkley were in the LS29 postcode district.