Road crashes in Calderdale

12,615 recorded collisions since 2000.

Calderdale has recorded 12,615 road collisions since 2000, 167 of them fatal and 2,083 causing serious injury. That makes it the 93rd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 13.2 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 58% since 2000, from 880 to 373 in 2024. The A646 is the most affected road locally, with 1,104 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.