Accident hotspots in Sheffield: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 788 road collisions in Sheffield in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
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Road Risk Score
Sheffield ranks 88 of 125 towns we score — band C, around average
44.5 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 114.8 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 50.9% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of +7.4%. How the score works.
Sheffield ward by ward
Every fatal and serious collision in Sheffield matched to its council ward: 1,098 people killed or seriously injured across 28 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 Sheffield (2025)
211 of Sheffield's 788 collisions (27%) involved pedestrians; 134 of Sheffield's 788 collisions (17%) involved cyclists; 56 of Sheffield's 788 collisions (7%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 148 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 211 | 27% | 82 | 39% |
| Cyclists | 134 | 17% | 44 | 33% |
| Motorcyclists | 56 | 7% | 22 | 39% |
110 of Sheffield’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Sheffield’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
Sheffield recorded 788 police-reported collisions in 2025 — rising (+9.7% on 2024), or about 139 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is University Square, Netherthorpe, a hotspot in 5 of the last 5 years.
788
Collisions in Sheffield (2025)
987
People injured or killed
+9.7%
Change vs 2024
~780
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Sheffield’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.
University Square, Netherthorpe
A61
20 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 24 casualties · 6 serious or fatal
Moore Street, Broomhall
A61
17 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 18 casualties · 2 serious or fatal
Bramall Lane, Highfield
A61
10 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 13 casualties · 3 serious or fatal
Sheffield’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skinnerthorpe Road, Page Hall | A6102 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Deerlands Avenue, Shiregreen | A6135 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | City Road, Intake | A6102 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Penistone Road, Middlewood | A61 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | John Street, Highfield | A621 | 3 | 4 | 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, Sheffield’s rate of 139 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 Sheffield in 2025: 211 collisions involved a pedestrian, 134 a cyclist and 56 a motorcyclist — overall, 139.2 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 8km radius of the city 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.
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.
Sheffield over 5 years
Collisions per year in Sheffield
2025: 788 (up 9.7% on the year before) · peak 788 in 2025 · +7.4% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2025 was Sheffield’s worst year of the period with 788 collisions, against 718 in 2024. Of 2025’s 987 casualties, 252 were killed or seriously injured (4 deaths, 248 serious).
Build the Sheffield 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 788 road collisions in Sheffield in 2025, injuring or killing 987 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2025 was Sheffield's worst year of the last 5 (788 collisions, against 718 in 2024).
- “Sheffield's collision rate is 139 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “211 collisions involved pedestrians, 134 collisions involved cyclists, 56 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 148 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “110 collisions in Sheffield 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.
What actually changes the odds in Sheffield
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Sheffield’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.
Helmet camera
£50–£200
17% of collisions in Sheffield involve someone on a bike. In a disputed pull-out, footage from the rider's viewpoint is what settles liability.
How it works →
Dashcam (parking mode)
£50–£150
27% of collisions here involve a pedestrian, and those are the cases most often argued over. Footage removes the argument.
How it works →
Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Even at Sheffield's 115 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.
How it works →
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