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Thornton (Bradford) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 603 road traffic collisions in Thornton, Bradford, from 1979 to 2025, and 802 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 121 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, down from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
603
1,038th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
802
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
17 people killed
Serious collisions
121
133 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thornton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal132.2%
  • Serious12120%
  • Slight46978%

What the data shows

  • Thornton had 71 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% fewer than the 76 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Thornton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 132 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thornton, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Thornton.

Where Thornton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,038th
Most casualties
1,007th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
1,000th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday69 (11%)
  • Tuesday78 (13%)
  • Wednesday72 (12%)
  • Thursday84 (14%)
  • Friday114 (19%)
  • Saturday106 (18%)
  • Sunday80 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight394 (65%)
  • Dark, street lights lit195 (32%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway561 (93%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (2.7%)
  • Roundabout13 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph435 (72%)
  • 40 mph120 (20%)
  • 60 mph45 (7.5%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds480 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds77 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other9 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant480 (60%)
  • Pedestrian158 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist67 (8.4%)
  • Cyclist49 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant19 (2.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thornton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thornton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thornton peaked at 25 in 1995; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
20241012
20231214
202255
2021911
202055
201933
201888
201755
201667
201579
2014811
20131220
2012711
2011812
201045
2009911
20081015
2007812
200636
20051011
20041519
20031116
20021726
20012329
20001518
19991420
19981519
19972027
19961623
19952530
19941213
19931521
19922029
19911525
19902328
19891726
19881522
19871721
19861722
19851719
19841717
19832028
19821930
19811723
19801622
19791827

Map of recent crashes in Thornton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thornton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thornton

The 24 most recent collisions in Thornton happened between 5 May 2023 and 5 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thornton

The B6145 has the most collisions in Thornton, 363 of 603 (60%), followed by the A6145 (3).

Collisions in Thornton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6145363510984
2ndA61453403

Council area for Thornton

Thornton is in Bradford, where police recorded 80,457 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Thornton accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Thornton

Collisions in Thornton were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by BD13 (579) and BD14 (24).