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Birstall & Birkenshaw, Kirklees, WF17 9LG area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
117
6,956th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
170
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF17 9LG hotspot

12 of the 117 collisions here (10%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1210%
  • Slight10590%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
13
Slightly injured
157
All casualties
170

Accidents by year at the WF17 9LG hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 10 in 2007, against an average of 4.7 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF17 9LG hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202433
202322
202266
202137
202000
201922
2018810
201734
201646
201512
2014512
201322
201245
201179
2010510
200933
2008815
20071016
200634
2005810
2004610
200358
200289
2001811

Map of crashes at the WF17 9LG hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF17 9LG.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Birstall & Birkenshaw, Kirklees, WF17 9LG area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WF17 9LG 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
Birstall & Birkenshaw
Council area
Kirklees
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF17 9LG
Postcode district
WF17
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.74036, -1.67181
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
30 October 2025
Rank by collisions
6,956th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF17 9LG hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the M62, with 70 of 117, followed by the A652 with 20.

Collisions at the WF17 9LG hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM627011106
2ndA652202602
3rdB61258802
4thA6511100
5thM11100
6thM6061200

Towns near the WF17 9LG hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Batley had the most collisions, 35 of 117.

All 117 crashes at the WF17 9LG hotspot

Newest first, from 24 March 2001 to 30 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year