Road crashes in Bradford

35,793 recorded collisions since 2000.

Bradford has recorded 35,793 road collisions since 2000, 369 of them fatal and 5,145 causing serious injury. That makes it the 7th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 10.3 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 56% since 2000, from 2,330 to 1,030 in 2024. The A650 is the most affected road locally, with 2,982 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.