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Pontefract North, Wakefield, WF8 2PN area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 87 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Pontefract North ward, Wakefield, from 2001 to 2025, with 129 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 16 were serious.

No collisions were recorded here in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
87
8,937th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
129
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF8 2PN hotspot

19 of the 87 collisions here (22%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal33.4%
  • Serious1618%
  • Slight6878%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
19
Slightly injured
107
All casualties
129

Accidents by year at the WF8 2PN hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2018, against an average of 3.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF8 2PN hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202413
202325
202235
202147
202000
201934
2018710
201757
201645
201566
201425
201311
201278
201149
201045
200978
200859
2007410
200622
200500
200445
200356
200234
200145

Map of crashes at the WF8 2PN hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF8 2PN.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Pontefract North, Wakefield, WF8 2PN area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WF8 2PN 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
Pontefract North
Council area
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF8 2PN
Postcode district
WF8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.71121, -1.29161
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
22 of 25
Latest collision
5 August 2024
Rank by collisions
8,937th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF8 2PN hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the M62, with 24 of 87, followed by the B6136 with 21.

Collisions at the WF8 2PN hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM62243111
2ndB6136214016
3rdA1(M)142311

Towns near the WF8 2PN hotspot

23 of the 87 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Pontefract.

Accident hotspots near WF8 2PN

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Airedale & Ferry Fryston, Wakefield, WF10 3HE area, 1.3 km away, with 66 collisions.

All 87 crashes at the WF8 2PN hotspot

Newest first, from 11 May 2001 to 5 August 2024, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year