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Wakefield Rural, Wakefield, WF4 2LP area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 123 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Wakefield Rural ward, Wakefield, from 2001 to 2025, with 215 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 26 were serious.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, the same as in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
123
6,632nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
215
1.75 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF4 2LP hotspot

27 of the 123 collisions here (22%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.8%
  • Serious2621%
  • Slight9678%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
32
Slightly injured
182
All casualties
215

Accidents by year at the WF4 2LP hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 10 in 2008, against an average of 4.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF4 2LP hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202412
202344
202269
2021812
2020711
2019414
2018817
201722
201613
2015813
201458
201344
201211
201100
2010410
2009811
20081019
2007810
200622
200547
2004712
200333
20021018
2001722

Map of crashes at the WF4 2LP hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF4 2LP.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Wakefield Rural, Wakefield, WF4 2LP area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WF4 2LP 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 Rural
Council area
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF4 2LP
Postcode district
WF4
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.61666, -1.5423
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
28 April 2025
Rank by collisions
6,632nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF4 2LP hotspot

41 of the 123 collisions at this hotspot were on the M1.

Collisions at the WF4 2LP hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM1417918

Accident hotspots near WF4 2LP

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Darton West, Barnsley, S75 4DE area, 1.7 km away, with 158 collisions.

All 123 crashes at the WF4 2LP hotspot

Newest first, from 11 January 2001 to 28 April 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year