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Dewsbury East, Kirklees, WF5 9QH area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
235
3,556th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
328
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
7
9 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF5 9QH hotspot

35 of the 235 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious3414%
  • Slight20085%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
35
Slightly injured
292
All casualties
328

Accidents by year at the WF5 9QH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 25 in 2003, against an average of 9.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF5 9QH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
2024914
20231012
202257
202133
202055
201979
20181013
201778
2016610
201556
2014611
2013912
20121120
2011812
2010910
20091115
20081112
20071322
20061315
20051326
200499
20032532
20021114
20011224

Map of crashes at the WF5 9QH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF5 9QH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Dewsbury East, Kirklees, WF5 9QH 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 WF5 9QH 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
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF5 9QH
Postcode district
WF5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.69047, -1.59306
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
30 October 2025
Rank by collisions
3,556th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF5 9QH hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A638, with 74 of 235, followed by the B6128 with 36.

Collisions at the WF5 9QH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6387411416
2ndB6128365507
3rdB61292200
4thA6281100
5thB61231100

Towns near the WF5 9QH hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Ossett had the most collisions, 144 of 235.

All 235 crashes at the WF5 9QH hotspot

Newest first, from 17 February 2001 to 30 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year