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Unclassified road crash in Kirklees WF16 on 17 December 2025 at 08:30 involving a Kia Niro

A car and a Kia Niro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Kirklees at 08:30 on Wednesday 17 December 2025. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Kia Niro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2025
Wednesday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Car and Kia Niro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.71784, longitude -1.67184, in the WF16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Heckmondwike. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heckmondwike, Kirklees, WF16 9BJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Kirklees

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025131684134
Council area
Kirklees
Police force
West Yorkshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 31 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Kia Niro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Hybrid electric

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Kia Niro)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2025131684134 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Kirklees road accident statistics for 2025.