The A616: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 101 people were killed or seriously injured in 90 collisions on the A616, making it the 141th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
90
serious or fatal collisions
101
people killed or seriously injured
5
collisions that took a life
#141
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A616 carries 251 recorded injury collisions over the period, 90 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Kirklees, Newark and Sherwood, Barnsley, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 6%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2023 with 24 serious collisions, and the count is down 7% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A616
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Kirklees23 KSI
- Newark and Sherwood21 KSI
- Barnsley20 KSI
- Bolsover11 KSI
- Bassetlaw6 KSI
- E080000385 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A616
2025: 14 (down 30% on the year before) · peak 24 in 2023 · -6.7% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A616
How many accidents happen on the A616?
Police recorded 251 injury collisions on the A616 over 2021–2025, of which 90 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 101 people killed or seriously injured, including 5 fatal collisions.
Is the A616 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 141 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 131 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A616 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Kirklees, Newark and Sherwood, Barnsley. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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