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Marsden road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 174 road traffic collisions in Marsden, Kirklees, from 1979 to 2025, and 234 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 40 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
174
2,099th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
234
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
40
44 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Marsden

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.9%
  • Serious4023%
  • Slight12974%

What the data shows

  • Marsden had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 22 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Marsden were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 46 children under 16 were killed or injured in Marsden, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Marsden.

Where Marsden ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,099th
Most casualties
2,080th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,973rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (14%)
  • Tuesday21 (12%)
  • Wednesday28 (16%)
  • Thursday23 (13%)
  • Friday29 (17%)
  • Saturday27 (16%)
  • Sunday21 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight111 (64%)
  • Dark, street lights lit57 (33%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway167 (96%)
  • Roundabout5 (2.9%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph148 (85%)
  • 40 mph9 (5.2%)
  • 60 mph15 (8.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds141 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (2.3%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant110 (47%)
  • Pedestrian63 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist29 (12%)
  • Cyclist15 (6.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.1%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Marsden road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Marsden, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Marsden peaked at 9 in 1989; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202311
202200
202133
202022
201922
201812
201736
201611
201523
201411
201333
201245
201122
201022
200911
200812
200711
200658
200500
200424
200356
200244
2001812
200056
199911
199867
199757
199669
1995812
1994611
199334
199289
199168
199066
1989914
198846
198756
198644
198546
1984910
198333
1982612
198124
198034
1979811

Map of recent crashes in Marsden

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Marsden

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Marsden

The 24 most recent collisions in Marsden happened between 26 March 2012 and 17 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Marsden

The A62 has the most collisions in Marsden, 76 of 174 (44%), followed by the B6107 (13).

Collisions in Marsden on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6276115319
2ndB6107131814

Council area for Marsden

Marsden is in Kirklees, where police recorded 57,248 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Marsden accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Marsden

All 174 collisions in Marsden were in the HD7 postcode district.