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Wakefield West, Wakefield, WF2 8DD area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
531
1,100th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
721
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
11
Down 35% on 2024

Crash severity at the WF2 8DD hotspot

74 of the 531 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal50.9%
  • Serious6913%
  • Slight45786%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
70
Slightly injured
646
All casualties
721

Accidents by year at the WF2 8DD hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 37 in 2009, against an average of 21 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WF2 8DD hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251112
20241719
20231821
20221213
20212121
2020912
20191215
20181416
20171720
20162129
20152529
20141820
20132025
20121930
20112329
20102434
20093752
20082328
20072232
20061921
20052234
20042741
20032847
20023658
20013663

Map of crashes at the WF2 8DD hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WF2 8DD.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Wakefield West, Wakefield, WF2 8DD area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WF2 8DD 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 West
Council area
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF2 8DD
Postcode district
WF2
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.67776, -1.51894
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
18 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,100th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF2 8DD hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A638, with 188 of 531, followed by the A642 with 112.

Collisions at the WF2 8DD hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA638188280324
2ndA642112145118
3rdB6475416006

Towns near the WF2 8DD hotspot

All 531 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Wakefield.

All 531 crashes at the WF2 8DD hotspot

Newest first, from 6 January 2001 to 18 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year