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Sheffield road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 60,275 road traffic collisions in Sheffield from 1979 to 2025, and 77,191 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 643 were fatal and 10,212 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 708 collisions, up 10% on 2024 (643).

Collisions since 1979
60,275
8th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
77,191
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
643
665 people killed
Serious collisions
10,212
11,311 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
708
Up 10% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
876
Up 9% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Sheffield

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal6431.1%
  • Serious10,21217%
  • Slight49,42082%

What the data shows

  • Sheffield had 7,455 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 11,217 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Sheffield were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 11,825 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sheffield, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Sheffield.

Where Sheffield ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
8th
Most casualties
7th
Most fatal collisions
7th
Most serious collisions
7th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday8,410 (14%)
  • Tuesday8,980 (15%)
  • Wednesday8,991 (15%)
  • Thursday9,091 (15%)
  • Friday10,237 (17%)
  • Saturday8,590 (14%)
  • Sunday5,976 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight42,761 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit16,318 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown576 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit461 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting159 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway45,109 (75%)
  • Dual carriageway9,640 (16%)
  • Roundabout3,380 (5.6%)
  • One way street or slip road1,668 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded478 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph889 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph53,516 (89%)
  • 40 mph5,248 (8.7%)
  • 50 mph222 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph145 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph254 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds47,656 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds8,460 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds638 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds580 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds457 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist233 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds66 (0.1%)
  • Other1,439 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded746 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant36,754 (48%)
  • Pedestrian18,225 (24%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7,276 (9.4%)
  • Motorcyclist6,414 (8.3%)
  • Cyclist5,382 (7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1,208 (1.6%)
  • Van occupant1,048 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant244 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)234 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant218 (0.3%)
  • Other152 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded36 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sheffield road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sheffield, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sheffield peaked at 1,818 in 1980; 2025 had 708.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 708
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025708876
2024643804
2023683853
2022638790
2021656820
2020635805
2019775985
20188441,106
20179111,158
20169621,304
20159481,263
20141,0401,397
20139511,246
20121,0071,409
20111,0521,434
20101,0781,448
20091,2301,623
20081,1841,611
20071,2861,721
20061,4411,989
20051,4371,946
20041,4081,880
20031,4511,881
20021,5412,077
20011,5502,071
20001,5602,105
19991,5812,078
19981,5461,965
19971,4901,951
19961,4761,874
19951,3651,724
19941,5031,885
19931,5021,845
19921,4601,875
19911,4531,787
19901,7582,171
19891,6031,976
19881,4901,850
19871,3801,683
19861,4241,731
19851,4741,784
19841,5831,959
19831,6231,956
19821,7722,169
19811,6952,078
19801,8182,217
19791,6602,031

Map of recent crashes in Sheffield

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sheffield

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sheffield

The 24 most recent collisions in Sheffield happened between 17 December and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sheffield

The A61 has the most collisions in Sheffield, 6,281 of 60,275 (10%), followed by the A6102 (3,595).

Collisions in Sheffield on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA616,2818,26167968
2ndA61023,5954,86260677
3rdA61353,0234,03133519
4thA6212,5293,21824437
5thA6251,9022,34013307
6thA571,8472,36125281
7thA6161,3361,63926244
8thB62009791,29414180
9thA61099731,5239136
10thA61789721,37811147
11thB63889551,19014199
12thB60798791,08917141
13thB60866928772107
14thB60825768344127
15thB6070503701382
16thA6101463548471
17thB6069455540277
18thA6134448585782
19thB6064437555493
20thB6053365511457
21stA631354493463
22ndB6054344427677
23rdB6065258335551
24thB6076250309556
25thM1242446329
26thB6085201258139
27thB6071191268034
28thB6058188246532
29thB6068181232240
30thB6074168216135

Council areas covering Sheffield

Collisions in Sheffield were recorded in 6 council areas. Sheffield has 60,121 of 60,275 (99.7%).

Collisions in Sheffield by council area, 1979 to 2025
RankCouncil areaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stSheffield60,12176,95664010,173
2ndRotherham123184129
3rdBarnsley101713
4thNorth East Derbyshire91514
5thDerby71303
6thDoncaster5600

Postcode districts in Sheffield

Collisions in Sheffield were recorded in 20 postcode districts, led by S2 (8,350) and S5 (6,724).