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Meltham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 474 road traffic collisions in Meltham, Kirklees, from 1979 to 2025, and 600 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 105 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
474
1,200th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
600
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
105
111 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Meltham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.9%
  • Serious10522%
  • Slight36076%

What the data shows

  • Meltham had 47 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 101 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Meltham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 126 children under 16 were killed or injured in Meltham, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Meltham.

Where Meltham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,200th
Most casualties
1,199th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,113th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday79 (17%)
  • Tuesday55 (12%)
  • Wednesday61 (13%)
  • Thursday59 (12%)
  • Friday82 (17%)
  • Saturday74 (16%)
  • Sunday64 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight353 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit106 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway459 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.1%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph410 (86%)
  • 40 mph37 (7.8%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph14 (3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds392 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds45 (9.5%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (3.4%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Other6 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant269 (45%)
  • Pedestrian169 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist81 (14%)
  • Cyclist48 (8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (3%)
  • Van occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Meltham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Meltham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Meltham peaked at 19 in 1990; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
202411
202366
202246
202157
202022
201955
201877
201744
201656
20151012
2014916
20131114
201233
2011911
20101016
20091318
20081013
20071829
2006811
200599
2004915
2003810
20021219
20011417
2000911
19991720
19981114
19971321
19961012
19951116
19941017
199377
19921213
19911316
19901928
198979
19881718
19871212
19861011
19851217
19841820
19831517
19821111
1981910
19801720
19791414

Map of recent crashes in Meltham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Meltham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Meltham

The 24 most recent collisions in Meltham happened between 5 May 2021 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Meltham

The B6107 has the most collisions in Meltham, 214 of 474 (45%), followed by the B6108 (85).

Collisions in Meltham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6107214268346
2ndB610885121219

Council area for Meltham

Meltham is in Kirklees, where police recorded 57,248 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Meltham accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Meltham

All 474 collisions in Meltham were in the HD9 postcode district.