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Heckmondwike, Kirklees, WF16 0EN area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
594
917th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
831
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Collisions in 2025
21
Up 62% on 2024

Crash severity at the WF16 0EN hotspot

92 of the 594 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal81.3%
  • Serious8414%
  • Slight50285%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
8
Seriously injured
95
Slightly injured
728
All casualties
831

Accidents by year at the WF16 0EN hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 45 in 2001, against an average of 24 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF16 0EN hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 21
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252122
20241321
20231625
20222630
20211320
2020911
20191519
20181720
20171520
20162231
20151922
20141724
20131620
20122734
20112839
20102841
20092536
20083654
20073039
20063043
20053345
20043252
20033347
20022843
20014573

Map of crashes at the WF16 0EN hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF16 0EN.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Heckmondwike, Kirklees, WF16 0EN 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 WF16 0EN 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
Heckmondwike
Council area
Kirklees
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF16 0EN
Postcode district
WF16
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.70905, -1.67954
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
25 December 2025
Rank by collisions
917th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF16 0EN hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A638, with 222 of 594, followed by the A62 with 112.

Collisions at the WF16 0EN hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA638222326426
2ndA62112179220
3rdB6117698518
4thA649202404
5thA6515501
6thB61772200

Towns near the WF16 0EN hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Heckmondwike had the most collisions, 333 of 594.

All 594 crashes at the WF16 0EN hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 25 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year