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LS13 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,245 road traffic collisions in the LS13 postcode district, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,723 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 74 were fatal and 805 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 39 collisions, down 33% on 2024 (58).

Collisions since 1979
4,245
792nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
5,723
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
74
81 people killed
Serious collisions
805
935 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
39
Down 33% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
45
Down 32% on 2024

Road collision statistics for LS13

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal741.7%
  • Serious80519%
  • Slight3,36679%

What the data shows

  • LS13 had 500 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 763 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in LS13 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,088 children under 16 were killed or injured in LS13, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in LS13.

Where LS13 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
792nd
Most casualties
779th
Most fatal collisions
603rd
Most serious collisions
723rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday597 (14%)
  • Tuesday567 (13%)
  • Wednesday589 (14%)
  • Thursday685 (16%)
  • Friday756 (18%)
  • Saturday620 (15%)
  • Sunday431 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,911 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,212 (29%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown98 (2.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit20 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,507 (83%)
  • Dual carriageway466 (11%)
  • Roundabout190 (4.5%)
  • One way street or slip road59 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded23 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph46 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph3,115 (73%)
  • 40 mph590 (14%)
  • 50 mph19 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph325 (7.7%)
  • 70 mph150 (3.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,456 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds559 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds55 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds43 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds30 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist29 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (0.2%)
  • Other41 (1%)
  • Not recorded24 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,177 (56%)
  • Pedestrian1,148 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist470 (8.2%)
  • Cyclist444 (7.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant260 (4.5%)
  • Van occupant120 (2.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant45 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant30 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant16 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LS13 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LS13, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LS13 peaked at 132 in 1996; 2025 had 39.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 39
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253945
20245866
20234553
20224665
20213235
20204152
20194957
20185571
20175975
20167694
20156483
20146073
20136982
201278109
20116290
20107094
200988125
200884107
2007102136
200686124
2005108148
2004105144
2003123183
2002126179
2001106148
2000128191
1999131202
1998113163
1997127201
1996132197
1995122189
1994123164
1993102135
1992114160
1991113144
199090117
1989113132
1988103122
198791129
198691129
198588110
198493115
198389105
1982112148
1981123157
1980104123
1979112152

Map of recent crashes in LS13

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LS13

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LS13

The 24 most recent collisions in LS13 happened between 20 May and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LS13

The A657 has the most collisions in LS13, 710 of 4,245 (17%), followed by the A647 (401).

Collisions in LS13 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA65771092612115
2ndA6474016152881
3rdB6157273399156
4thA61202363771041
5thB6154184249231
6thA611090136113

Council area for LS13

LS13 is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LS13 accounts for 3.6% of them.

Towns in LS13

Collisions in LS13 were recorded in 3 towns, led by Leeds (3,891) and Rawdon (22).