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Wrenthorpe & Outwood West, Wakefield, WF1 2HN area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
90
8,695th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
128
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the WF1 2HN hotspot

22 of the 90 collisions here (24%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal44.4%
  • Serious1820%
  • Slight6876%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
22
Slightly injured
102
All casualties
128

Accidents by year at the WF1 2HN hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 8 in 2005, against an average of 3.6 a year from 2001 to 2025.

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

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202458
202333
202226
202133
202022
201900
201823
201700
201647
201523
201425
201338
201233
201134
201068
200968
200833
200722
200622
200589
2004813
200379
200246
200158

Map of crashes at the WF1 2HN hotspot

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

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Wrenthorpe & Outwood West, Wakefield, WF1 2HN 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 WF1 2HN 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
Wrenthorpe & Outwood West
Council area
Wakefield
Nearest postcode to the centre
WF1 2HN
Postcode district
WF1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.7019, -1.51286
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
23 of 25
Latest collision
4 December 2025
Rank by collisions
8,695th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the WF1 2HN hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A61, with 26 of 90, followed by the A650 with 9.

Collisions at the WF1 2HN hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61264206
2ndA65091532

Towns near the WF1 2HN hotspot

All 90 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Wakefield.

All 90 crashes at the WF1 2HN hotspot

Newest first, from 26 January 2001 to 4 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year