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Aberford road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 133 road traffic collisions in Aberford, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 238 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 34 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
133
2,437th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
238
1.79 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
7 people killed
Serious collisions
34
49 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Aberford

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal43%
  • Serious3426%
  • Slight9571%

What the data shows

  • Aberford had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 5% fewer than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in Aberford were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in Aberford, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Aberford.

Where Aberford ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,437th
Most casualties
2,058th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (15%)
  • Tuesday15 (11%)
  • Wednesday15 (11%)
  • Thursday23 (17%)
  • Friday22 (17%)
  • Saturday17 (13%)
  • Sunday21 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight103 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit15 (11%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Dual carriageway82 (62%)
  • Single carriageway50 (38%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph43 (32%)
  • 50 mph3 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph7 (5.3%)
  • 70 mph79 (59%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds113 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds12 (9%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant177 (74%)
  • Van occupant18 (7.6%)
  • Motorcyclist12 (5%)
  • Pedestrian12 (5%)
  • Cyclist10 (4.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.7%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (1.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Aberford road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Aberford, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Aberford peaked at 7 in 1994; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202400
202322
202212
2021413
202033
201923
2018514
201700
201612
201511
201412
201311
201222
201126
201057
200922
200823
200733
200623
200558
200435
200324
200236
200112
200000
199912
199856
199756
199634
199546
199479
199335
1992514
1991411
1990714
198923
1988715
198714
1986513
198524
198433
198322
198237
198126
198011
197967

Map of recent crashes in Aberford

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Aberford

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Aberford

The 24 most recent collisions in Aberford happened between 10 October 2012 and 14 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Aberford

The A1 has the most collisions in Aberford, 54 of 133 (41%), followed by the A1(M) (28).

Collisions in Aberford on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA154108221
2ndA1(M)285212

Council area for Aberford

Aberford is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Aberford accounts for 0.1% of them.

Postcode district for Aberford

All 133 collisions in Aberford were in the LS25 postcode district.