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Penistone road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 389 road traffic collisions in Penistone, Barnsley, from 1979 to 2025, and 477 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 75 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
389
1,332nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
477
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
75
80 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Penistone

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.5%
  • Serious7519%
  • Slight30879%

What the data shows

  • Penistone had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 49% fewer than the 84 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Penistone were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 94 children under 16 were killed or injured in Penistone, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Penistone.

Where Penistone ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,332nd
Most casualties
1,369th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,362nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday58 (15%)
  • Tuesday62 (16%)
  • Wednesday46 (12%)
  • Thursday73 (19%)
  • Friday65 (17%)
  • Saturday49 (13%)
  • Sunday36 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight286 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit94 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway380 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph333 (86%)
  • 40 mph30 (7.7%)
  • 60 mph25 (6.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds317 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (9.5%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.5%)
  • Other5 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant206 (43%)
  • Pedestrian141 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist57 (12%)
  • Cyclist34 (7.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user2 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Penistone road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Penistone, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Penistone peaked at 21 in 1985; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202455
202345
202267
202144
202044
201934
201844
201733
201668
2015810
201434
201366
2012913
20111010
201079
20091315
2008711
2007910
20061214
20051822
200478
2003912
2002912
20011014
2000910
199956
19981627
199766
199688
19951112
199466
199334
1992911
1991810
1990810
198957
19881113
198766
1986810
19852126
19841414
19831014
1982914
19811821
1980811
19791012

Map of recent crashes in Penistone

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Penistone

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Penistone

The 24 most recent collisions in Penistone happened between 1 December 2020 and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Penistone

The B6462 has the most collisions in Penistone, 152 of 389 (39%), followed by the A628 (60).

Collisions in Penistone on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6462152179236
2ndA6286080310
3rdA629111901
4thB64823300

Council area for Penistone

Penistone is in Barnsley, where police recorded 31,163 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Penistone accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Penistone

All 389 collisions in Penistone were in the S36 postcode district.