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Normanton, Wakefield, WF1 5DB area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
169
5,020th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
321
1.90 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
6
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF1 5DB hotspot

28 of the 169 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal53%
  • Serious2314%
  • Slight14183%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
28
Slightly injured
288
All casualties
321

Accidents by year at the WF1 5DB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 13 in 2005, against an average of 6.8 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF1 5DB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025610
202456
2023510
20221015
202147
202022
201978
20181012
2017510
20161015
201556
201437
2013410
20121221
2011919
201000
2009912
200869
2007718
2006613
20051325
2004715
2003811
2002731
2001929

Map of crashes at the WF1 5DB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF1 5DB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Normanton, Wakefield, WF1 5DB area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WF1 5DB 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
Normanton
Council area
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF1 5DB
Postcode district
WF1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.66831, -1.46539
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
7 July 2025
Rank by collisions
5,020th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF1 5DB hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A638, with 107 of 169, followed by the A655 with 38.

Collisions at the WF1 5DB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA638107210214
2ndA655387434
3rdA61944702
4thA6392500

Towns near the WF1 5DB hotspot

14 of the 169 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Wakefield.

All 169 crashes at the WF1 5DB hotspot

Newest first, from 29 January 2001 to 7 July 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year