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Wakefield North, Wakefield, WF1 1AP area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,306
197th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,687
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Collisions in 2025
43
Level with 2024

Crash severity at the WF1 1AP hotspot

191 of the 1,306 collisions here (15%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal100.8%
  • Serious18114%
  • Slight1,11585%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
10
Seriously injured
190
Slightly injured
1,487
All casualties
1,687

Accidents by year at the WF1 1AP hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 81 in 2002, against an average of 52 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF1 1AP hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 43
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254355
20244349
20233544
20223743
20212732
20202224
20192428
20183445
20174252
20164964
20154973
20144048
20133951
20124759
20114353
20107498
20095364
20086895
20076789
200677100
200579101
20047396
200380116
200281105
200180103

Map of crashes at the WF1 1AP hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF1 1AP.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Wakefield North, Wakefield, WF1 1AP 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 WF1 1AP 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
Wakefield North
Council area
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF1 1AP
Postcode district
WF1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.68218, -1.49824
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
26 December 2025
Rank by collisions
197th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF1 1AP hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A638, with 259 of 1,306, followed by the A61 with 219.

Collisions at the WF1 1AP hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA638259371127
2ndA61219279329
3rdA642142196126
4thA650415416
5thA636374813

Towns near the WF1 1AP hotspot

All 1,306 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Wakefield.

All 1,306 crashes at the WF1 1AP hotspot

Newest first, from 5 January 2001 to 26 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year