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Kirklees road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 57,248 road traffic collisions in Kirklees from 1979 to 2025, and 78,873 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 831 were fatal and 10,189 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 632 collisions, up 4% on 2024 (605), and casualties rose from 780 to 805.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
57,248
23rd highest of 351 areas
Casualties
78,873
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
831
1.5% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
632
Up 4% on 2024

Crash severity in Kirklees

1.5% of collisions in Kirklees from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 18% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal8311.5%
  • Serious10,18918%
  • Slight46,22881%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal8841.1%
  • Serious11,60615%
  • Slight66,38384%

Kirklees road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kirklees, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,672 in 1998. In 2025 there were 632, up 4% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 632
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025632805
2024605780
2023722898
2022733950
2021635842
2020464609
2019577759
2018678910
2017714970
20168021,127
20159441,332
20147911,109
20138731,215
20121,0131,456
20111,0011,461
20101,0881,614
20091,0951,698
20081,2081,789
20071,2991,924
20061,2851,939
20051,3262,003
20041,3442,022
20031,4822,233
20021,4522,231
20011,5422,384
20001,6112,352
19991,6542,305
19981,6722,452
19971,5252,174
19961,5342,234
19951,4451,970
19941,3891,878
19931,3421,797
19921,4301,878
19911,4061,820
19901,5351,991
19891,4571,837
19881,4291,862
19871,4321,852
19861,4301,815
19851,4541,927
19841,5361,904
19831,4541,832
19821,5842,012
19811,5601,987
19801,5862,051
19791,4781,883

When and where crashes happen in Kirklees

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday8,076 (14%)
  • Tuesday7,902 (14%)
  • Wednesday8,135 (14%)
  • Thursday8,576 (15%)
  • Friday9,819 (17%)
  • Saturday8,247 (14%)
  • Sunday6,493 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:592,232 (3.9%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59844 (1.5%)
  • 06:00 to 08:596,555 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:597,316 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5910,240 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5914,759 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:599,446 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:595,856 (10%)

Collisions by month

  • January4,593 (8%)
  • February4,273 (7.5%)
  • March4,593 (8%)
  • April4,350 (7.6%)
  • May4,810 (8.4%)
  • June4,622 (8.1%)
  • July4,616 (8.1%)
  • August4,646 (8.1%)
  • September4,979 (8.7%)
  • October5,282 (9.2%)
  • November5,461 (9.5%)
  • December5,023 (8.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight40,201 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit15,304 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown912 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting690 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit141 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds46,499 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds7,090 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds947 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds847 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds466 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist383 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds114 (0.2%)
  • Other602 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded300 (0.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry35,503 (62%)
  • Wet or damp20,182 (35%)
  • Frost or ice980 (1.7%)
  • Snow514 (0.9%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep33 (0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel20 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud14 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph223 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph44,920 (78%)
  • 40 mph4,615 (8.1%)
  • 50 mph540 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph3,880 (6.8%)
  • 70 mph3,070 (5.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway46,801 (82%)
  • Dual carriageway7,614 (13%)
  • Roundabout1,340 (2.3%)
  • One way street or slip road1,183 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded310 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Kirklees

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant45,708 (58%)
  • Pedestrian14,331 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist8,241 (10%)
  • Cyclist4,183 (5.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2,611 (3.3%)
  • Van occupant1,756 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant718 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)685 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant298 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant250 (0.3%)
  • Other81 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 52,516 (3.2%)
  • 6 to 104,174 (5.3%)
  • 11 to 154,921 (6.2%)
  • 16 to 2013,747 (17%)
  • 21 to 2510,747 (14%)
  • 26 to 3514,862 (19%)
  • 36 to 4510,454 (13%)
  • 46 to 557,311 (9.3%)
  • 56 to 654,725 (6%)
  • 66 to 753,088 (3.9%)
  • Over 752,321 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded7 (under 0.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider43,558 (55%)
  • Passenger20,984 (27%)
  • Pedestrian14,331 (18%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car75,566 (75%)
  • Motorcycle8,370 (8.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes4,661 (4.6%)
  • Pedal cycle4,284 (4.2%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes3,105 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach2,882 (2.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car1,007 (1%)
  • Other vehicle545 (0.5%)
  • Minibus283 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle68 (0.1%)
  • Other92 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Kirklees

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Kirklees

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Kirklees ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Kirklees had the 23rd most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
23rd
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
19th
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
28th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
24th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
20thCheshire East60,75184,3951,13710,789
21stBristol59,61371,8277028,684
22ndCounty Durham59,22885,9231,36610,796
23rdKirklees (this area)57,24878,87383110,189
24thCamden57,20964,3903578,341
25thWandsworth56,74464,9924258,950
26thBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole55,87570,6745429,172

Accident hotspots in Kirklees

Dalton, Kirklees, HD1 2DN area is the busiest accident hotspot in Kirklees, with 1,767 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 9 of them fatal.

Roads in Kirklees with the most crashes

The A62 had the most collisions in Kirklees from 1979 to 2025: 5,413, including 92 fatal and 949 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Kirklees, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA625,4137,74792949
2ndA6383,1904,47744473
3rdA6293,0384,38451526
4thM622,7374,72346354
5thA6441,6492,30327309
6thA6401,5032,06728290
7thA6521,4692,02722250
8thA6161,4251,99027308
9thA6411,0461,51217170
10thA6439901,36825193
11thB61179631,30518171
12thA6358721,28825199
13thA5868999810132
14thA64266896225142
15thA653596923989
16thA60245537497124
17thA6514896611293
18thB61234786531100
19thB61084386401395
20thA6494296271085

Towns in Kirklees

Huddersfield had the most collisions of any town in Kirklees from 1979 to 2025: 19,733.

Postcode districts in Kirklees

HD1 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Kirklees from 1979 to 2025: 8,396.

Latest crashes in Kirklees

Of the latest 24 crashes in Kirklees, none were fatal and 10 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity