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Thurnscoe road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 640 road traffic collisions in Thurnscoe, Barnsley, from 1979 to 2025, and 804 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 116 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
640
1,000th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
804
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
116
134 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thurnscoe

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.4%
  • Serious11618%
  • Slight51580%

What the data shows

  • Thurnscoe had 90 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 118 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Thurnscoe were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 239 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thurnscoe, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Thurnscoe.

Where Thurnscoe ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,000th
Most casualties
1,006th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,035th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday85 (13%)
  • Tuesday83 (13%)
  • Wednesday84 (13%)
  • Thursday76 (12%)
  • Friday121 (19%)
  • Saturday114 (18%)
  • Sunday77 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight462 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit169 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway612 (96%)
  • Roundabout17 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph616 (96%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph13 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds532 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds61 (9.5%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Other17 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant330 (41%)
  • Pedestrian218 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist130 (16%)
  • Cyclist80 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant25 (3.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thurnscoe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thurnscoe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thurnscoe peaked at 26 in 1982; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251012
2024810
2023915
202268
2021910
20201216
201955
2018911
2017917
20161318
20151215
20141010
201367
2012712
2011810
20101823
20091518
20081626
20071619
20061016
20051112
20041617
20031724
20022436
20011317
2000910
19991418
19981718
19971429
19962124
19951619
19941518
19931414
19921417
1991911
19901516
19891214
19881619
19871619
198611
19851920
19841921
19831819
19822632
19812328
19802530
19791823

Map of recent crashes in Thurnscoe

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thurnscoe

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thurnscoe

The 24 most recent collisions in Thurnscoe happened between 3 July 2023 and 8 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thurnscoe

Of the 640 collisions in Thurnscoe, 265 were on the B6411.

Collisions in Thurnscoe on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6411265335751

Council area for Thurnscoe

Thurnscoe is in Barnsley, where police recorded 31,163 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Thurnscoe accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode district for Thurnscoe

All 640 collisions in Thurnscoe were in the S63 postcode district.