Eight killed and 298 injured in collisions on Sheffield roads in one year
Road Safety Week will take place from November 15 as Brake campaigns for safer roads
Eight people died and 298 were seriously injured in collisions on Sheffield’s roads in one year, new shock figures reveal.
Road casualty figures for the Steel City in 2025 were up 20 per cent on the previous year, when 255 people were killed or seriously injured.
The Department for Transport data has been shared by road safety charity Brake ahead of Road Safety Week, which runs from November 15 to November 21 - an annual campaign raising awareness of the impact of road deaths and injury, calling for key measures to make roads safer.
The charity said: “Road crashes are not just something to other people. We all have a role to play in keeping each other safe.”
This year’s theme is “Safe People on the Move”, with the message that whoever we are and however we travel, we all share our roads.
Last month, South Yorkshire Police revealed that at that point, 43 people had died on the county’s roads in 2026 so far.
Brake’s survey polled 3,000 UK adults on several road safety topics, focusing on the most vulnerable road users - those who walk, wheel or ride - and people's perceptions of how dangerous the roads are for these groups.
The charity found that 32 per cent of people know someone who’s been involved in a collision in which a pedestrian, cyclist or motorcyclist died or sustained serious injuries. These three groups also made up 55 per cent of road deaths and serious injuries in the UK last year.
Road casualty data for Yorkshire and the Humber revealed that 1,624 pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists were killed or seriously injured in the region in 2025.
For these three groups of people in Sheffield, 165 were killed or seriously injured, which is a 17 per cent increase from 2024.
Ross Moorlock, Brake’s CEO, said: “Road safety should not be a political battleground or a debate that pits different road users against one another.
“Whoever we are and however we travel – whether we walk, wheel, ride or drive – we all have a role to play in keeping roads safe. But we must also recognise that those with the greatest potential to cause harm carry the greatest responsibility for protecting others.”
Thousands of schools, organisations, communities and individuals have signed up to take part in the Road Safety Week, reaching more than four million people with safety messages.
The theme “Safe People” is a key pillar of the Safe System approach to road safety, which is built upon the concept that all road deaths and serious injuries are preventable, and that all five elements of the road system work together to minimise the chance of a crash.
These five elements include safe people, safe roads, safe vehicles, safe speeds and post-crash care.
Mr Moorlock added: “As a charity that supports thousands of road victim families every year, we sadly know too well how road crashes devastate the lives of everyone involved.
“Rather than political point-scoring or divisive narratives about a ‘war on motorists’, the focus should be on following the evidence to address an important public health issue and prevent the devastating deaths and serious injuries that continue to happen on our roads every day.”
South Yorkshire Police said: “Today (Sunday, November 15) is World Day of Remembrance for road traffic victims, as we take a moment to remember those who have died, signpost families who are grieving and acknowledge the critical work of our officers and wider emergency services.
“Road deaths are not normal deaths. No one thinks they’re getting into their car and not going to return home, and families rarely can say goodbye.
“Sadly this year, 44 people have lost their lives on the roads of South Yorkshire, and while our investigations are ongoing to understand how and why, families and friends have been left heartbroken.
“We are committed to reducing road deaths and casualties but cannot achieve it alone.
“Every year, thousands of drivers are caught doing acts that could cost them their own, or someone else their life.
“You can’t be responsible for other’s actions, but you can your own.”