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Dewsbury East, Kirklees, WF13 1BQ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,082
307th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,515
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Collisions in 2025
23
Up 21% on 2024

Crash severity at the WF13 1BQ hotspot

139 of the 1,082 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal70.6%
  • Serious13212%
  • Slight94387%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
8
Seriously injured
138
Slightly injured
1,369
All casualties
1,515

Accidents by year at the WF13 1BQ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 77 in 2003, against an average of 43 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF13 1BQ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 23
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252328
20241926
20232634
20222939
20212528
20201822
20191625
20182633
20172934
20163144
20154658
20143753
20134055
20124467
20113654
20106396
20095168
20085776
20077195
20066592
20056896
20045987
200377122
200272102
20015481

Map of crashes at the WF13 1BQ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF13 1BQ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Dewsbury East, Kirklees, WF13 1BQ 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 WF13 1BQ 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
WF13 1BQ
Postcode district
WF13
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.69174, -1.63213
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
20 October 2025
Rank by collisions
307th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF13 1BQ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A638, with 397 of 1,082, followed by the A644 with 79.

Collisions at the WF13 1BQ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA638397571237
2ndA6447913329
3rdA6527698112
4thB6409579012
5thA653131803
6thA6291300
7thA6361100
8thB64041100

Towns near the WF13 1BQ hotspot

All 1,082 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Dewsbury.

All 1,082 crashes at the WF13 1BQ hotspot

Newest first, from 18 January 2001 to 20 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year