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Worsbrough road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 865 road traffic collisions in Worsbrough, Barnsley, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,130 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 167 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, down from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
865
829th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,130
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
167
182 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Worsbrough

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.9%
  • Serious16719%
  • Slight69080%

What the data shows

  • Worsbrough had 163 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 12% fewer than the 186 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Worsbrough were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 247 children under 16 were killed or injured in Worsbrough, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Worsbrough.

Where Worsbrough ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
829th
Most casualties
821st
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
796th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday120 (14%)
  • Tuesday119 (14%)
  • Wednesday126 (15%)
  • Thursday125 (14%)
  • Friday156 (18%)
  • Saturday123 (14%)
  • Sunday96 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight640 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit209 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway839 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (1%)
  • Roundabout6 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph842 (97%)
  • 40 mph11 (1.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph7 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds696 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds110 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other20 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant594 (53%)
  • Pedestrian229 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist146 (13%)
  • Cyclist84 (7.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant39 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant24 (2.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Worsbrough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Worsbrough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Worsbrough peaked at 33 in 1982; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251013
20241216
20232125
20221725
20211827
20201318
20191419
20181619
20172430
20161830
20151827
20142230
20131518
20121115
20111526
20101824
20092233
20082740
20071720
20062131
20051931
20042228
20031623
20021214
20012328
20002328
19992333
19981718
19972126
19962633
19951829
19941318
19931316
19921921
19912029
199068
19892127
19881825
19871822
198666
19851215
19841517
19832426
19823335
19813336
19801923
19792629

Map of recent crashes in Worsbrough

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Worsbrough

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Worsbrough

The 24 most recent collisions in Worsbrough happened between 25 November 2023 and 7 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Worsbrough

The A61 has the most collisions in Worsbrough, 226 of 865 (26%), followed by the B6100 (154).

Collisions in Worsbrough on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61226291346
2ndB6100154227142
3rdA61334501

Council area for Worsbrough

Worsbrough is in Barnsley, where police recorded 31,163 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Worsbrough accounts for 2.8% of them.

Postcode district for Worsbrough

All 865 collisions in Worsbrough were in the S70 postcode district.