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LS18 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,450 road traffic collisions in the LS18 postcode district, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,258 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 44 were fatal and 407 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, down 33% on 2024 (24).

Collisions since 1979
2,450
1,541st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
3,258
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
44
49 people killed
Serious collisions
407
459 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
Down 33% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
24
Down 20% on 2024

Road collision statistics for LS18

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal441.8%
  • Serious40717%
  • Slight1,99982%

What the data shows

  • LS18 had 249 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 447 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in LS18 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 355 children under 16 were killed or injured in LS18, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in LS18.

Where LS18 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,541st
Most casualties
1,571st
Most fatal collisions
1,376th
Most serious collisions
1,739th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday374 (15%)
  • Tuesday367 (15%)
  • Wednesday388 (16%)
  • Thursday340 (14%)
  • Friday412 (17%)
  • Saturday343 (14%)
  • Sunday226 (9.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,728 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit610 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown57 (2.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting50 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,114 (86%)
  • Roundabout239 (9.8%)
  • Dual carriageway54 (2.2%)
  • One way street or slip road35 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph1,500 (61%)
  • 40 mph681 (28%)
  • 50 mph12 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph235 (9.6%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,990 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds307 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds49 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds26 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds17 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist11 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.1%)
  • Other28 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded19 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,929 (59%)
  • Pedestrian536 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist333 (10%)
  • Cyclist272 (8.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant76 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant72 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant18 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.1%)
  • Other5 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LS18 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LS18, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LS18 peaked at 84 in 2002; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251624
20242430
20232837
20222429
20211617
20202025
20192634
20183245
20173342
20163035
20154656
20144255
20133948
20124247
20114262
20103854
20094667
20083850
20075168
20066399
20055581
20046587
200376114
200284125
200174100
20007084
19996488
19985575
19976395
19966785
199578103
199468101
19936382
19924258
19916986
19905768
19895868
19886586
19876688
19866999
19857077
19846082
19836283
19827193
19816472
19806273
19795781

Map of recent crashes in LS18

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LS18

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LS18

The 24 most recent collisions in LS18 happened between 10 September 2024 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LS18

The A6120 has the most collisions in LS18, 597 of 2,450 (24%), followed by the A65 (496).

Collisions in LS18 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA612059779718107
2ndA65496648786
3rdA658203822

Council area for LS18

LS18 is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LS18 accounts for 2.1% of them.

Town in LS18

Of the 2,450 collisions in LS18, 1,800 (73%) were in Leeds.