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LS5 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,657 road traffic collisions in the LS5 postcode district, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,242 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 19 were fatal and 280 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 18 collisions, down 31% on 2024 (26).

Collisions since 1979
1,657
1,912th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,242
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
19
19 people killed
Serious collisions
280
318 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
18
Down 31% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
22
Down 29% on 2024

Road collision statistics for LS5

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal191.1%
  • Serious28017%
  • Slight1,35882%

What the data shows

  • LS5 had 205 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 300 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in LS5 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 295 children under 16 were killed or injured in LS5, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in LS5.

Where LS5 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,912th
Most casualties
1,922nd
Most fatal collisions
2,186th
Most serious collisions
2,058th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday227 (14%)
  • Tuesday244 (15%)
  • Wednesday232 (14%)
  • Thursday244 (15%)
  • Friday259 (16%)
  • Saturday246 (15%)
  • Sunday205 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,105 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit510 (31%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown34 (2.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,510 (91%)
  • Dual carriageway120 (7.2%)
  • Roundabout13 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph19 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph1,244 (75%)
  • 40 mph392 (24%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,362 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds210 (13%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other23 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded19 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,299 (58%)
  • Pedestrian348 (16%)
  • Cyclist226 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist193 (8.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant75 (3.3%)
  • Van occupant36 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant27 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant22 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LS5 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LS5, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LS5 peaked at 58 in 1998; 2025 had 18.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251822
20242631
20232022
20222024
20211820
20201621
20192022
20181921
20172939
20161923
20153545
20142736
20132436
20123245
20112842
20102433
20093039
20083042
20073553
20063548
20054162
20043756
20034365
20025686
20014153
20004568
19995380
19985897
19974270
19964060
19955382
19943954
19932831
19924251
19914149
19903644
19894256
19884656
19874357
19863445
19852733
19844960
19832932
19825062
19813746
19805863
19794260

Map of recent crashes in LS5

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LS5

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LS5

The 24 most recent collisions in LS5 happened between 8 October 2024 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LS5

The A65 has the most collisions in LS5, 631 of 1,657 (38%), followed by the B6157 (319).

Collisions in LS5 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6563186611109
2ndB6157319465351

Council area for LS5

LS5 is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LS5 accounts for 1.4% of them.

Town in LS5

Of the 1,657 collisions in LS5, 1,373 (83%) were in Leeds.