Accident hotspots in Bradford: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 956 road collisions in Bradford in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
40.8
Road Risk Score
Bradford ranks 90 of 125 towns we score — band C, around average
47.4 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 130.7 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 46.2% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of -9.7%. How the score works.
Bradford ward by ward
Every fatal and serious collision in Bradford matched to its council ward: 1,578 people killed or seriously injured across 30 wards, with an interactive map, every collision plotted, the roads driving each ward’s total, and a CSV built for briefing notes. Written so a single page can be sent to a ward councillor.
Open the ward analysisVulnerable road users in Bradford (2025)
297 of Bradford's 956 collisions (31%) involved pedestrians; 89 of Bradford's 956 collisions (9%) involved cyclists; 56 of Bradford's 956 collisions (6%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 147 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 297 | 31% | 97 | 33% |
| Cyclists | 89 | 9% | 24 | 27% |
| Motorcyclists | 56 | 6% | 26 | 46% |
183 of Bradford’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Bradford’s busiest collision clusters (2025)
Each circle is a ~100m cluster of police-reported collisions. Larger circles = more collisions; red = at least one death. Click a circle for details.
The short answer
Bradford recorded 956 police-reported collisions in 2025 — falling (-7.2% on 2024), or about 170 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Otley Road, Barkerend, a hotspot in 5 of the last 5 years.
956
Collisions in Bradford (2025)
1,210
People injured or killed
-7.2%
Change vs 2024
~961
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Bradford’s junctions that stay dangerous
These locations recorded multiple collisions in at least four of the last five years (2021–2025) — a persistent pattern, not a one-off bad year.
Otley Road, Barkerend
A650
14 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 26 casualties · 3 serious or fatal
Springroyd Terrace, Girlington
Local road
11 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 18 casualties · 1 serious or fatal
Manor Row, Manningham
A6181
15 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 24 casualties · 3 serious or fatal
Bradford’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allerton Road, Girlington | B6145 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Laurel Street, Bowling | A647 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Leeds Road, Undercliffe | Local road | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Southfield Lane, Great Horton | A6177 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Fenby Avenue, Bowling | Local road | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
What to do with this: if your regular routes cross the junctions above, they deserve extra care at peak times — these aren’t random locations, they’re where collisions repeat. For context, Bradford’s rate of 170 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. A junction with a documented five-year history is also the strongest evidence a campaign can put in front of a councillor.
Vulnerable road users in Bradford in 2025: 297 collisions involved a pedestrian, 89 a cyclist and 56 a motorcyclist — overall, 170.4 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover Bradford council district (ONS). Per-100k rates use the mid-2023 ONS population estimate for the named town or district; where the area is radius-defined, treat the rate as indicative.
These figures come from the Department for Transport’s STATS19 dataset — every collision reported to the police in 2025 — clustered to roughly 100 metres and labelled via OpenStreetMap. Only police-reported incidents are included, so minor damage-only bumps are undercounted. See the full UK hotspots analysis for the national picture and methodology.
Need this cut a different way? A junction’s full history, cyclist or pedestrian casualties on their own, or a before-and-after on a scheme: we produce those, free for community groups, campaigners and journalists.
Bradford over 5 years
Collisions per year in Bradford
2025: 956 (down 7.2% on the year before) · peak 1,062 in 2022 · -9.7% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2022 was Bradford’s worst year of the period with 1,062 collisions, against 956 in 2025. Of 2025’s 1,210 casualties, 266 were killed or seriously injured (10 deaths, 256 serious).
Build the Bradford story from this page
Every line below is computed from the official DfT STATS19 dataset and updates when new data is released — copy, check, publish. Free to use with a link to this page as the source.
- “Police recorded 956 road collisions in Bradford in 2025, injuring or killing 1,210 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2022 was Bradford's worst year of the last 5 (1,062 collisions, against 956 in 2025).
- “Bradford's collision rate is 170 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “297 collisions involved pedestrians, 89 collisions involved cyclists, 56 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 147 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “183 collisions in Bradford involved a child casualty in 2025.
Attribution: “Analysis by Swift Assist (swiftassistuk.co.uk) of DfT STATS19 data” with a link to this page. Methodology: how we process the data.
How Bradford compares nationally
Bradford is the highway authority for these roads, which means the same body counted in the national comparison below is the one that maintains them.
Per mile driven
37 of 192
Per resident
36 of 188
Risk band
Above average
Five-year trend
down 9.7%
The full record for Bradford — severity-adjusted casualties, the breakdown of who is being hurt, the darkness and ice profile, and a comparison against its ONS statistical neighbours rather than the national average — is on its own page.
Bradford’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Bradford
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Dashcam (parking mode)
£50–£150
31% of collisions here involve a pedestrian, and those are the cases most often argued over. Footage removes the argument.
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Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Even at Bradford's 131 vehicle crimes per 100,000 residents, relay theft is the method that needs no tools and leaves no damage. The pouch is the cheapest thing that stops it.
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Steering wheel lock
£40–£70
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Ward-level analysis with every collision mapped, for councillors and campaigners.
Read more →Cyclist collision map (national)
Where cyclists are hurt across Britain, from the same records.
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