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

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
302
2,589th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
495
1.64 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
6
7 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF12 7RD hotspot

47 of the 302 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal31%
  • Serious4415%
  • Slight25584%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
48
Slightly injured
444
All casualties
495

Accidents by year at the WF12 7RD hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 30 in 2001, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

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

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025610
202479
202378
202257
2021914
202089
20191212
2018711
2017610
2016810
2015917
2014612
20131012
20121935
2011814
2010915
20091831
20081530
20071932
20061625
20051525
20041523
20032337
20021524
20013063

Map of crashes at the WF12 7RD hotspot

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

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Dewsbury East, Kirklees, WF12 7RD 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 WF12 7RD 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 7RD
Postcode district
WF12
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.69935, -1.60785
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
25 November 2025
Rank by collisions
2,589th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF12 7RD hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A653, with 133 of 302, followed by the B6128 with 67.

Collisions at the WF12 7RD hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA653133232117
2ndB612867114013
3rdA638376023
4thA621300
5thA6281201
6thA6351100
7thA6431100

Towns near the WF12 7RD hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Dewsbury had the most collisions, 252 of 302.

All 302 crashes at the WF12 7RD hotspot

Newest first, from 21 January 2001 to 25 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year