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Scawthorpe and Cusworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 934 road traffic collisions in Scawthorpe and Cusworth, Doncaster, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,206 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 22 were fatal and 165 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
934
792nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,206
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
22
23 people killed
Serious collisions
165
187 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Scawthorpe and Cusworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal222.4%
  • Serious16518%
  • Slight74780%

What the data shows

  • Scawthorpe and Cusworth had 108 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 180 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Scawthorpe and Cusworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 278 children under 16 were killed or injured in Scawthorpe and Cusworth, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Scawthorpe and Cusworth.

Where Scawthorpe and Cusworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
792nd
Most casualties
786th
Most fatal collisions
451st
Most serious collisions
802nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday138 (15%)
  • Tuesday146 (16%)
  • Wednesday131 (14%)
  • Thursday132 (14%)
  • Friday165 (18%)
  • Saturday137 (15%)
  • Sunday85 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight674 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit247 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway679 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway243 (26%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.4%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph19 (2%)
  • 30 mph473 (51%)
  • 40 mph357 (38%)
  • 50 mph76 (8.1%)
  • 60 mph9 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds791 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds86 (9.2%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist11 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other16 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant604 (50%)
  • Pedestrian241 (20%)
  • Cyclist145 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist132 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant38 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant16 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant14 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Scawthorpe and Cusworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Scawthorpe and Cusworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Scawthorpe and Cusworth peaked at 38 in 1989; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025912
2024611
2023914
20221621
2021810
20201215
20191417
2018910
20171011
20161519
20151213
20141728
20131724
20121517
20111416
20101620
20091723
20082832
20072128
20062332
20051824
20042227
20032225
20022023
20012734
20002128
19992225
19982023
19971821
19961932
19952747
19942239
19932435
19922737
19912226
19903043
19893847
19883343
19872836
19862428
19852627
19841516
19832328
19823134
19811720
19802733
19792332

Map of recent crashes in Scawthorpe and Cusworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Scawthorpe and Cusworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Scawthorpe and Cusworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Scawthorpe and Cusworth happened between 1 January 2023 and 10 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Scawthorpe and Cusworth

The A638 has the most collisions in Scawthorpe and Cusworth, 284 of 934 (30%), followed by the A635 (177).

Collisions in Scawthorpe and Cusworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6382844071144
2ndA635177218639
3rdB64227700

Council area for Scawthorpe and Cusworth

Scawthorpe and Cusworth is in Doncaster, where police recorded 45,964 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Scawthorpe and Cusworth accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode district for Scawthorpe and Cusworth

All 934 collisions in Scawthorpe and Cusworth were in the DN5 postcode district.