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Almondbury, Kirklees, HD5 8QD area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
293
2,693rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
414
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the HD5 8QD hotspot

49 of the 293 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal31%
  • Serious4616%
  • Slight24483%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
51
Slightly injured
358
All casualties
414

Accidents by year at the HD5 8QD hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 27 in 2001, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the HD5 8QD hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202455
202356
20221010
202167
202034
201966
2018810
2017914
20161317
20151420
20141012
20131113
2012911
20111018
20101829
20091422
20081839
20071522
20061422
20052130
20041824
2003813
20021617
20012738

Map of crashes at the HD5 8QD hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near HD5 8QD.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Almondbury, Kirklees, HD5 8QD area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the HD5 8QD hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Almondbury
Council area
Kirklees
Nearest postcode to the centre
HD5 8QD
Postcode district
HD5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.64358, -1.73739
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
18 September 2025
Rank by collisions
2,693rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the HD5 8QD hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A629, with 148 of 293, followed by the A642 with 66.

Collisions at the HD5 8QD hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA629148225224
2ndA6426681111

Towns near the HD5 8QD hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Huddersfield had the most collisions, 275 of 293.

All 293 crashes at the HD5 8QD hotspot

Newest first, from 9 January 2001 to 18 September 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year