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Pontefract South, Wakefield, WF8 2BE area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 93 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Pontefract South ward, Wakefield, from 2001 to 2025, with 135 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 18 were serious.

In 2025 there were 4 collisions here, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
93
8,460th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
135
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF8 2BE hotspot

19 of the 93 collisions here (20%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.1%
  • Serious1819%
  • Slight7480%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
19
Slightly injured
115
All casualties
135

Accidents by year at the WF8 2BE hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 8 in 2001, against an average of 3.7 a year from 2001 to 2025.

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

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202435
202377
202234
202124
202037
201933
201858
201733
201633
201511
201435
201334
201233
201133
201036
200934
200834
200746
200634
2005513
200433
2003710
200258
2001813

Map of crashes at the WF8 2BE hotspot

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

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Pontefract South, Wakefield, WF8 2BE 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 2BE 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 South
Council area
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF8 2BE
Postcode district
WF8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.68476, -1.30136
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
12 September 2025
Rank by collisions
8,460th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the WF8 2BE hotspot

All 93 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Pontefract.

Accident hotspots near WF8 2BE

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Pontefract North, Wakefield, WF8 1DR area, 1 km away, with 709 collisions.

All 93 crashes at the WF8 2BE hotspot

Newest first, from 13 March 2001 to 12 September 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year