Metropolitan borough · England
Bradford road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 5,163 injury collisions in Bradford's highway authority area, 1,428 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 5,163
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 6,762
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 54
- 1,374 serious, 3,735 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 49%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, Bradford recorded 266 fatal or serious collisions, 7% below its average of 286 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | 260 | 788 | 1,059 | 1,444 |
271
|
| 2022 | 12 | 249 | 801 | 1,062 | 1,395 |
261
|
| 2023 | 12 | 324 | 720 | 1,056 | 1,381 |
336
|
| 2024 | 9 | 285 | 736 | 1,030 | 1,332 |
294
|
| 2025 | 10 | 256 | 690 | 956 | 1,210 |
266
|
| 2021–2025 | 54 | 1,374 | 3,735 | 5,163 | 6,762 | 1,428 |
Casualties by road user
6,762 people were hurt in these collisions: 56 killed, 1,527 seriously injured and 5,179 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 49% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 1,477 | 21.8% | 476 | 30.1% |
| Pedal cyclists | 450 | 6.7% | 134 | 8.5% |
| Motorcyclists | 340 | 5.0% | 166 | 10.5% |
| All road users | 6,762 | 100% | 1,583 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in Bradford, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A6177 350 collisions · 87 fatal or serious
- A650 334 collisions · 92 fatal or serious
- A647 270 collisions · 69 fatal or serious
- A629 141 collisions · 53 fatal or serious
- B6145 106 collisions · 25 fatal or serious
- B6144 104 collisions · 28 fatal or serious
- A6181 98 collisions · 28 fatal or serious
- A658 97 collisions · 31 fatal or serious
- A641 95 collisions · 28 fatal or serious
- B6265 80 collisions · 21 fatal or serious
Areas within Bradford
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from Bradford
The council's road safety or traffic team holds the full police records for its area. A formal extract can add what the published data leaves out: contributory factors, the officer's description of each collision and the current year's provisional records. Developers, consultants and solicitors usually pay for it.
Published fee
£182.40 (£152 + VAT) for a basic request
Bradford Council supplies personal injury collision data. Larger areas are charged at an hourly rate.
Source: Bradford Council: personal injury collision data, checked 14 October 2026. Fees change, so confirm with the council before you order.
Source: Department for Transport road safety data (STATS19), 2021–2025, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Collisions are counted against the local highway authority area recorded by the police. Casualty severities are as recorded at the time and are not adjusted.