Road crashes in Barnsley

14,326 recorded collisions since 2000.

Barnsley has recorded 14,326 road collisions since 2000, 213 of them fatal and 2,403 causing serious injury. That makes it the 81st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 14.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 52% since 2000, from 838 to 399 in 2024. The A628 is the most affected road locally, with 1,408 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.