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Wakefield South, Wakefield, WF2 7PY area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
119
6,829th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
168
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
0
6 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF2 7PY hotspot

31 of the 119 collisions here (26%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal43.4%
  • Serious2723%
  • Slight8874%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
28
Slightly injured
135
All casualties
168

Accidents by year at the WF2 7PY hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2004, against an average of 4.8 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF2 7PY hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202467
202322
202234
202134
2020610
201977
201822
201733
201622
201555
201411
201367
201248
2011811
2010613
2009810
2008712
200769
200649
200567
2004916
200323
200268
200178

Map of crashes at the WF2 7PY hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF2 7PY.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Wakefield South, Wakefield, WF2 7PY area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WF2 7PY 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 South
Council area
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF2 7PY
Postcode district
WF2
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.63977, -1.50777
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
14 December 2024
Rank by collisions
6,829th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF2 7PY hotspot

36 of the 119 collisions at this hotspot were on the A61.

Collisions at the WF2 7PY hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA613648010

Towns near the WF2 7PY hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Wakefield had the most collisions, 80 of 119.

All 119 crashes at the WF2 7PY hotspot

Newest first, from 6 March 2001 to 14 December 2024, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year