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Featherstone, Wakefield, WF7 5HD area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
301
2,600th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
409
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
11
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF7 5HD hotspot

62 of the 301 collisions here (21%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious6020%
  • Slight23979%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
67
Slightly injured
338
All casualties
409

Accidents by year at the WF7 5HD hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 30 in 2002, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF7 5HD hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251114
202456
20231418
20221318
2021811
202033
201989
201855
201799
20161518
20151212
20141113
20131521
20121019
2011910
2010812
20092138
20081011
200758
20061321
20051214
20041015
20032129
20023045
20012330

Map of crashes at the WF7 5HD hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF7 5HD.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Featherstone, Wakefield, WF7 5HD area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WF7 5HD 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
WF7 5HD
Postcode district
WF7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.6754, -1.35661
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
31 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,600th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF7 5HD hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A645, with 152 of 301, followed by the B6421 with 78.

Collisions at the WF7 5HD hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA645152229136
2ndB64217898013
3rdA6501101
4thB61331100

Towns near the WF7 5HD hotspot

291 of the 301 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Featherstone, Wakefield.

All 301 crashes at the WF7 5HD hotspot

Newest first, from 18 February 2001 to 31 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year