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Wharncliffe Side road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 104 road traffic collisions in Wharncliffe Side, Sheffield, from 1979 to 2025, and 145 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 28 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
104
2,770th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
145
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
28
33 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wharncliffe Side

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.9%
  • Serious2827%
  • Slight7370%

What the data shows

  • Wharncliffe Side had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 12 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Wharncliffe Side were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 27 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wharncliffe Side, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Wharncliffe Side.

Where Wharncliffe Side ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,770th
Most casualties
2,700th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (14%)
  • Tuesday14 (13%)
  • Wednesday17 (16%)
  • Thursday15 (14%)
  • Friday16 (15%)
  • Saturday16 (15%)
  • Sunday11 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight62 (60%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (35%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (3.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway103 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph20 (19%)
  • 40 mph69 (66%)
  • 50 mph1 (1%)
  • 60 mph13 (13%)
  • 70 mph1 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds81 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (16%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (1%)
  • Other1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant81 (56%)
  • Pedestrian33 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (13%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (2.1%)
  • Cyclist2 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wharncliffe Side road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wharncliffe Side, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wharncliffe Side peaked at 7 in 1998; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202422
202300
202200
202100
202000
201913
201813
201733
201600
201512
201436
201311
201200
201146
201000
200900
200822
200712
200600
200523
200400
200333
200233
200125
200011
199958
1998710
199723
199633
199534
1994511
199300
199233
199122
199024
198922
198833
198711
198656
198533
198457
198344
198249
198144
198056
197945

Map of recent crashes in Wharncliffe Side

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wharncliffe Side

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wharncliffe Side

The 24 most recent collisions in Wharncliffe Side happened between 21 May 2003 and 5 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wharncliffe Side

The A6102 has the most collisions in Wharncliffe Side, 59 of 104 (57%), followed by the A616 (33).

Collisions in Wharncliffe Side on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61025990215
2ndA6163343110

Council area for Wharncliffe Side

Wharncliffe Side is in Sheffield, where police recorded 71,906 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wharncliffe Side accounts for 0.1% of them.

Postcode district for Wharncliffe Side

All 104 collisions in Wharncliffe Side were in the S35 postcode district.