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Shipley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,026 road traffic collisions in Shipley, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,270 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 46 were fatal and 632 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 42 collisions, down 11% on 2024 (47).

Collisions since 1979
4,026
255th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
5,270
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
46
46 people killed
Serious collisions
632
698 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
42
Down 11% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
52
Down 7% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Shipley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal461.1%
  • Serious63216%
  • Slight3,34883%

What the data shows

  • Shipley had 415 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 724 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Shipley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 792 children under 16 were killed or injured in Shipley, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Shipley.

Where Shipley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
255th
Most casualties
250th
Most fatal collisions
242nd
Most serious collisions
279th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday580 (14%)
  • Tuesday585 (15%)
  • Wednesday549 (14%)
  • Thursday672 (17%)
  • Friday684 (17%)
  • Saturday548 (14%)
  • Sunday408 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,948 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,014 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown46 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,499 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway358 (8.9%)
  • Roundabout123 (3.1%)
  • One way street or slip road30 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded16 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph73 (1.8%)
  • 30 mph3,697 (92%)
  • 40 mph242 (6%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph7 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph2 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,291 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds541 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds57 (1.4%)
  • Fine with high winds31 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds24 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist19 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Other37 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded21 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,770 (53%)
  • Pedestrian1,180 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist537 (10%)
  • Cyclist379 (7.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant191 (3.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant75 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant73 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant26 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)21 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant16 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Shipley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Shipley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Shipley peaked at 140 in 1999; 2025 had 42.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 42
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254252
20244756
20234349
20223754
20214256
20202634
20194049
20184755
20173542
20165671
20156374
20146982
20135771
20126385
20116089
201084120
200974117
200886135
200786127
200682124
200586123
2004102132
200389142
200288137
2001116179
2000112169
1999140199
1998132185
1997105142
1996108138
1995120159
1994101119
1993109132
1992109124
199194112
1990116139
1989105137
1988101122
198799121
1986106137
198586104
1984119136
198387101
1982109135
1981112126
1980124144
1979112134

Map of recent crashes in Shipley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Shipley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Shipley

The 24 most recent collisions in Shipley happened between 26 June and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Shipley

The A650 has the most collisions in Shipley, 1,060 of 4,026 (26%), followed by the A657 (833).

Collisions in Shipley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6501,0601,48617166
2ndA6578331,0988146
3rdA6038466622468
4thA6037143195318
5thB6149334004
6thA6475601
7thB62694710

Council area for Shipley

Shipley is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Shipley accounts for 5% of them.

Postcode districts in Shipley

Collisions in Shipley were recorded in 6 postcode districts, led by BD18 (3,576) and BD17 (417).