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Whiston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 195 road traffic collisions in Whiston, Rotherham, from 1979 to 2025, and 244 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 26 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
195
1,977th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
244
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
26
28 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whiston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious2613%
  • Slight16886%

What the data shows

  • Whiston had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 40 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Whiston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 45 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whiston, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Whiston.

Where Whiston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,977th
Most casualties
2,031st
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,489th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday28 (14%)
  • Tuesday26 (13%)
  • Wednesday28 (14%)
  • Thursday29 (15%)
  • Friday39 (20%)
  • Saturday30 (15%)
  • Sunday15 (7.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight136 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit45 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway192 (98%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph138 (71%)
  • 40 mph44 (23%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph12 (6.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds159 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds24 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other3 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant138 (57%)
  • Pedestrian43 (18%)
  • Cyclist22 (9%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (4.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whiston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whiston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whiston peaked at 11 in 1981; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202424
202311
202222
202111
202011
201911
201823
201746
201637
201511
201411
201311
2012812
2011912
201034
200946
200858
200745
200645
200556
200466
200344
200255
200179
200044
199900
199878
199722
199668
1995911
199489
199334
199245
199134
199077
19891012
1988710
198757
198600
198533
198445
198322
198268
19811113
198044
197944

Map of recent crashes in Whiston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whiston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whiston

The 24 most recent collisions in Whiston happened between 1 October 2012 and 9 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whiston

The A618 has the most collisions in Whiston, 59 of 195 (30%), followed by the B6410 (31).

Collisions in Whiston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA618597616
2ndB6410314506

Council area for Whiston

Whiston is in Rotherham, where police recorded 35,564 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whiston accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode district for Whiston

All 195 collisions in Whiston were in the S60 postcode district.