Road crashes in Rotherham

16,574 recorded collisions since 2000.

Rotherham has recorded 16,574 road collisions since 2000, 214 of them fatal and 2,388 causing serious injury. That makes it the 64th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 12.9 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 54% since 2000, from 922 to 421 in 2024. The A630 is the most affected road locally, with 1,292 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.