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Silsden road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 366 road traffic collisions in Silsden, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 467 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 65 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
366
1,377th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
467
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
65
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Silsden

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal82.2%
  • Serious6518%
  • Slight29380%

What the data shows

  • Silsden had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 38% fewer than the 69 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Silsden were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 87 children under 16 were killed or injured in Silsden, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Silsden.

Where Silsden ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,377th
Most casualties
1,385th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday59 (16%)
  • Tuesday48 (13%)
  • Wednesday44 (12%)
  • Thursday49 (13%)
  • Friday60 (16%)
  • Saturday59 (16%)
  • Sunday47 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight275 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit76 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway357 (98%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph346 (95%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph13 (3.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds294 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds52 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (2.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant214 (46%)
  • Pedestrian138 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist45 (9.6%)
  • Cyclist33 (7.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant22 (4.7%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Silsden road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Silsden, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Silsden peaked at 17 in 1987; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202455
202367
202267
202122
202022
201934
201869
201745
201655
201544
201422
201358
2012813
2011810
2010913
200978
20081119
200788
200679
200555
2004811
20031217
2002810
2001811
2000812
19991520
199869
1997913
1996910
199578
19941316
1993611
199255
199156
19901114
19891414
198845
19871720
19861012
19851316
198468
19831013
19821213
19811111
19801522
1979710

Map of recent crashes in Silsden

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Silsden

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Silsden

The 24 most recent collisions in Silsden happened between 9 June 2020 and 2 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Silsden

Of the 366 collisions in Silsden, 192 were on the A6034.

Collisions in Silsden on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6034192257432

Council area for Silsden

Silsden is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Silsden accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Silsden

All 366 collisions in Silsden were in the BD20 postcode district.