Accident hotspots in Rotherham: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 335 road collisions in Rotherham in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
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Road Risk Score
Rotherham ranks 27 of 125 towns we score — band D, above average
89 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 228.4 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 36.7% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of +13.9%. How the score works.
Vulnerable road users in Rotherham (2025)
50 of Rotherham's 335 collisions (15%) involved pedestrians; 32 of Rotherham's 335 collisions (10%) involved cyclists; 41 of Rotherham's 335 collisions (12%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 51 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 50 | 15% | 19 | 38% |
| Cyclists | 32 | 10% | 9 | 28% |
| Motorcyclists | 41 | 12% | 23 | 56% |
54 of Rotherham’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Rotherham’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
Rotherham recorded 335 police-reported collisions in 2025 — broadly flat year-on-year, or about 307 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Centenary Way, Masbrough, a hotspot in 5 of the last 5 years.
335
Collisions in Rotherham (2025)
439
People injured or killed
+1.5%
Change vs 2024
~358
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Rotherham’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.
Centenary Way, Masbrough
A630
15 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 25 casualties · 3 serious or fatal
Upwell Street, Grimesthorpe
A6102
11 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 12 casualties · 2 serious or fatal
Hayland Street, Brightside
A6109
9 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 16 casualties · 0 serious or fatal
Rotherham’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stag Roundabout, Herringthorpe | A6123 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Herringthorpe Valley Road, East Dene | A6123 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Centenary Way, Masbrough | A630 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Upwell Street, Grimesthorpe | A6102 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Pinewood Close, Dalton | A630 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 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, Rotherham’s rate of 307 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 Rotherham in 2025: 50 collisions involved a pedestrian, 32 a cyclist and 41 a motorcyclist — overall, 307.3 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 6km radius of the town centre. 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.
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Rotherham over 5 years
Collisions per year in Rotherham
2025: 335 (up 1.5% on the year before) · peak 375 in 2023 · +13.9% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2023 was Rotherham’s worst year of the period with 375 collisions, against 294 in 2021. Of 2025’s 439 casualties, 97 were killed or seriously injured (3 deaths, 94 serious).
Build the Rotherham 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 335 road collisions in Rotherham in 2025, injuring or killing 439 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2023 was Rotherham's worst year of the last 5 (375 collisions, against 294 in 2021).
- “Rotherham's collision rate is 307 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “50 collisions involved pedestrians, 32 collisions involved cyclists, 41 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 51 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “54 collisions in Rotherham 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 Rotherham compares nationally
Rotherham 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
72 of 192
Per resident
40 of 188
Risk band
Above average
Five-year trend
up 14.4%
Those two numbers disagree, and that is the story. Rotherham sits 40 of 188 measured per resident but 72 of 192 measured per mile actually driven — a gap of 32 places. Measured against the traffic the network actually carries rather than the number of people living beside it, the record is better than the headline per-head figure implies.
The full record for Rotherham — 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.
Rotherham’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Rotherham
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Rotherham’s own figures above, each with the number that prompted it. Every guide explains how the thing works before it suggests buying anything, and most cost less than a third of a typical insurance excess.
Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Rotherham records 228 vehicle crimes per 100,000 residents, above the median of the towns we track. Keyless relay theft is the leading route into modern cars, and a signal-blocking pouch ends that method outright for under a tenner.
How it works →
Steering wheel lock
£40–£70
Vehicle theft is target selection: thieves work a street and take the easiest car. A visible attack-rated bar moves your car down that list before anyone touches it.
How it works →
Alarmed disc lock
£20–£50
Motorcyclists are in 12% of Rotherham's collisions, and bikes are also lifted rather than ridden away. An alarmed disc lock covers the theft half for about £30.
How it works →
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