The A647: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 128 people were killed or seriously injured in 113 collisions on the A647, making it the 106th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
113
serious or fatal collisions
128
people killed or seriously injured
10
collisions that took a life
#106
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A647 carries 425 recorded injury collisions over the period, 113 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Bradford, Leeds, Calderdale. Its fatal share, 9%, 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 32 serious collisions, and the count is down 4% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A647
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
- Bradford69 KSI
- Leeds35 KSI
- Calderdale9 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A647
2025: 22 (up 100% on the year before) · peak 32 in 2023 · -4.3% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A647
How many accidents happen on the A647?
Police recorded 425 injury collisions on the A647 over 2021–2025, of which 113 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 128 people killed or seriously injured, including 10 fatal collisions.
Is the A647 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 106 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 96 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 A647 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Bradford, Leeds, Calderdale. 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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