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LS8 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 6,858 road traffic collisions in the LS8 postcode district, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 9,263 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 89 were fatal and 992 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 80 collisions, down 8% on 2024 (87).

Collisions since 1979
6,858
202nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
9,263
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
89
94 people killed
Serious collisions
992
1,097 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
80
Down 8% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
98
Down 13% on 2024

Road collision statistics for LS8

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal891.3%
  • Serious99214%
  • Slight5,77784%

What the data shows

  • LS8 had 916 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 1,285 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in LS8 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,611 children under 16 were killed or injured in LS8, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in LS8.

Where LS8 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
202nd
Most casualties
185th
Most fatal collisions
394th
Most serious collisions
405th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday993 (14%)
  • Tuesday961 (14%)
  • Wednesday1,002 (15%)
  • Thursday997 (15%)
  • Friday1,129 (16%)
  • Saturday977 (14%)
  • Sunday799 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight4,789 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,897 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown140 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit20 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway5,945 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway732 (11%)
  • Roundabout106 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded41 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph138 (2%)
  • 30 mph5,741 (84%)
  • 40 mph876 (13%)
  • 50 mph8 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph89 (1.3%)
  • 70 mph6 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds5,655 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds827 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds97 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds66 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds39 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist19 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.1%)
  • Other88 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded62 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant5,448 (59%)
  • Pedestrian1,957 (21%)
  • Cyclist701 (7.6%)
  • Motorcyclist502 (5.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant285 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant176 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant118 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant38 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)22 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant10 (0.1%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

LS8 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in LS8, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in LS8 peaked at 197 in 1989; 2025 had 80.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 80
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20258098
202487112
202390122
202298127
202190108
20206581
20197290
201886112
2017113149
2016135191
2015135188
2014137181
2013122164
2012111154
2011136199
2010117205
2009141210
2008115151
2007121159
2006150197
2005153216
2004155241
2003154225
2002196262
2001192303
2000186272
1999173228
1998165248
1997184274
1996160223
1995133177
1994160218
1993160222
1992186226
1991177241
1990177228
1989197248
1988160198
1987176235
1986183237
1985147190
1984166204
1983194227
1982183240
1981184232
1980171213
1979185237

Map of recent crashes in LS8

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in LS8

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in LS8

The 24 most recent collisions in LS8 happened between 30 September and 21 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in LS8

The A58 has the most collisions in LS8, 1,635 of 6,858 (24%), followed by the B6159 (446).

Collisions in LS8 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA581,6352,18026246
2ndB6159446618458
3rdA6120121208522
4thA613300

Council area for LS8

LS8 is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. LS8 accounts for 5.8% of them.

Town in LS8

Of the 6,858 collisions in LS8, 6,494 (95%) were in Leeds.