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Sowerby Bridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 529 road traffic collisions in Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale, from 1979 to 2025, and 712 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 93 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
529
1,120th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
712
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
13 people killed
Serious collisions
93
105 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sowerby Bridge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal132.5%
  • Serious9318%
  • Slight42380%

What the data shows

  • Sowerby Bridge had 65 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 12% fewer than the 74 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Sowerby Bridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 170 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sowerby Bridge, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Sowerby Bridge.

Where Sowerby Bridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,120th
Most casualties
1,090th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
1,188th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday77 (15%)
  • Tuesday90 (17%)
  • Wednesday72 (14%)
  • Thursday81 (15%)
  • Friday85 (16%)
  • Saturday70 (13%)
  • Sunday54 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight398 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit120 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway513 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (2.3%)
  • 30 mph486 (92%)
  • 40 mph27 (5.1%)
  • 60 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds432 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds66 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Other7 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant355 (50%)
  • Pedestrian173 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist70 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist66 (9.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant21 (2.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sowerby Bridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sowerby Bridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sowerby Bridge peaked at 21 in 1981; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025814
2024610
202389
202279
2021813
202034
201945
20181317
201746
201645
2015516
201467
2013916
201249
2011918
201034
2009910
200879
2007912
20061317
20051012
20041318
20031217
20021826
20011321
20001121
19991726
19981822
19971221
19961012
19951319
19941719
19931213
19921923
19911420
19901113
19891113
19881828
19871720
19861414
19851111
19841313
19831315
19821618
19812123
19801722
19791922

Map of recent crashes in Sowerby Bridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sowerby Bridge

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sowerby Bridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Sowerby Bridge happened between 31 October 2022 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sowerby Bridge

Of the 529 collisions in Sowerby Bridge, 177 were on the A58.

Collisions in Sowerby Bridge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA58177255834

Council area for Sowerby Bridge

Sowerby Bridge is in Calderdale, where police recorded 30,521 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sowerby Bridge accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode district for Sowerby Bridge

All 529 collisions in Sowerby Bridge were in the HX6 postcode district.