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Featherstone, Wakefield, WF6 1RL area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
120
6,780th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
165
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
6
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF6 1RL hotspot

21 of the 120 collisions here (18%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal21.7%
  • Serious1916%
  • Slight9983%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
23
Slightly injured
140
All casualties
165

Accidents by year at the WF6 1RL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 12 in 2022, against an average of 4.8 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF6 1RL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025610
202457
202344
20221213
202168
202000
201937
201847
201733
201689
201588
2014615
20131117
201246
201166
201046
200922
200845
200755
200600
200511
200468
200367
200235
200136

Map of crashes at the WF6 1RL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF6 1RL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Featherstone, Wakefield, WF6 1RL area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WF6 1RL 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
Featherstone
Council area
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF6 1RL
Postcode district
WF6
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.70299, -1.38997
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
23 of 25
Latest collision
11 December 2025
Rank by collisions
6,780th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF6 1RL hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A655, with 38 of 120, followed by the M62 with 27.

Collisions at the WF6 1RL hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA655385007
2ndM62274011
3rdB6134131611
4thA6539112002
5thB61331101

Towns near the WF6 1RL hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Normanton, Wakefield had the most collisions, 71 of 120.

All 120 crashes at the WF6 1RL hotspot

Newest first, from 21 May 2001 to 11 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year