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Dewsbury East, Kirklees, WF12 7HS area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
98
8,077th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
141
1.44 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF12 7HS hotspot

17 of the 98 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11%
  • Serious1616%
  • Slight8183%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
20
Slightly injured
120
All casualties
141

Accidents by year at the WF12 7HS hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 11 in 2023, against an average of 3.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF12 7HS hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202434
20231113
202215
202145
202035
201922
201826
201755
201622
2015710
201422
201312
201211
201127
201035
200956
2008810
200746
200636
200535
200422
200358
200269
20011012

Map of crashes at the WF12 7HS hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF12 7HS.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Dewsbury East, Kirklees, WF12 7HS area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WF12 7HS 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
Dewsbury East
Council area
Kirklees
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF12 7HS
Postcode district
WF12
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.70686, -1.6012
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
7 August 2025
Rank by collisions
8,077th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF12 7HS hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A653, with 67 of 98, followed by the B6124 with 7.

Collisions at the WF12 7HS hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6536710309
2ndB61247711
3rdB61284502
4thA6431100

Towns near the WF12 7HS hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Dewsbury had the most collisions, 80 of 98.

All 98 crashes at the WF12 7HS hotspot

Newest first, from 6 February 2001 to 7 August 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year