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Wakefield North, Wakefield, WF1 2QF area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
291
2,720th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
413
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
9
6 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF1 2QF hotspot

36 of the 291 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.7%
  • Serious3412%
  • Slight25588%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
37
Slightly injured
374
All casualties
413

Accidents by year at the WF1 2QF hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 20 in 2014, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF1 2QF hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025913
202467
20231114
20221112
202156
202057
20191216
20181419
20171220
20161521
20151011
20142029
20131120
20121116
20111630
20101421
20091025
20081112
20071416
20061313
2005811
20041318
20031012
20022029
20011015

Map of crashes at the WF1 2QF hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF1 2QF.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Wakefield North, Wakefield, WF1 2QF 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 2QF 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 2QF
Postcode district
WF1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.69386, -1.50348
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
22 November 2025
Rank by collisions
2,720th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF1 2QF hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A61, with 129 of 291, followed by the A650 with 83.

Collisions at the WF1 2QF hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61129197017
2ndA6508311519
3rdB62731100

Towns near the WF1 2QF hotspot

All 291 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Wakefield.

All 291 crashes at the WF1 2QF hotspot

Newest first, from 7 February 2001 to 22 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year