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Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith, North Yorkshire, HG5 8LX area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 88 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith ward, North Yorkshire, from 2001 to 2025, with 143 casualties. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 10 were serious.

In 2025 there were 5 collisions here, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
88
8,850th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
143
1.63 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the HG5 8LX hotspot

14 of the 88 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal44.5%
  • Serious1011%
  • Slight7484%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
16
Slightly injured
123
All casualties
143

Accidents by year at the HG5 8LX hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 12 in 2002, against an average of 3.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the HG5 8LX hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
202412
202300
202211
202124
202011
201923
201811
2017617
2016711
201534
201422
201347
201258
201148
201059
200924
200826
200769
200633
200557
200456
200322
20021218
200123

Map of crashes at the HG5 8LX hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near HG5 8LX.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith, North Yorkshire, HG5 8LX area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the HG5 8LX 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
Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwith
Council area
North Yorkshire
Nearest postcode to the centre
HG5 8LX
Postcode district
HG5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.9832, -1.47012
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
1 October 2025
Rank by collisions
8,850th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the HG5 8LX hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A658, with 41 of 88, followed by the A661 with 34.

Collisions at the HG5 8LX hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA658417545
2ndA661345003
3rdB616381301
4thA6111101

Accident hotspots near HG5 8LX

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Stray, Woodlands & Hookstone, North Yorkshire, HG3 1GP area, 1.4 km away, with 126 collisions.

All 88 crashes at the HG5 8LX hotspot

Newest first, from 4 April 2001 to 1 October 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year