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Ackworth Moor Top road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 320 road traffic collisions in Ackworth Moor Top, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 414 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 63 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
320
1,497th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
414
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
63
68 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ackworth Moor Top

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious6320%
  • Slight25580%

What the data shows

  • Ackworth Moor Top had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 54 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Ackworth Moor Top were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 69 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ackworth Moor Top, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Ackworth Moor Top.

Where Ackworth Moor Top ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,497th
Most casualties
1,495th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,534th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday39 (12%)
  • Tuesday49 (15%)
  • Wednesday36 (11%)
  • Thursday52 (16%)
  • Friday50 (16%)
  • Saturday51 (16%)
  • Sunday43 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight233 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit79 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway299 (93%)
  • Roundabout12 (3.8%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (1.6%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph229 (72%)
  • 40 mph70 (22%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph18 (5.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds272 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (12%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.9%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant239 (58%)
  • Pedestrian61 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist52 (13%)
  • Cyclist33 (8%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ackworth Moor Top road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ackworth Moor Top, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ackworth Moor Top peaked at 15 in 2004; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202457
202322
202222
202133
202058
201911
201857
201744
201655
201534
201457
201323
201245
201169
201044
200969
2008510
20071113
2006816
2005913
20041519
200367
2002911
2001814
2000810
19991114
1998813
199789
19961011
1995913
199456
199378
199255
199145
19901114
19891115
19881316
19871113
198689
198578
198423
198355
19821013
198189
19801114
19791012

Map of recent crashes in Ackworth Moor Top

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ackworth Moor Top

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ackworth Moor Top

The 24 most recent collisions in Ackworth Moor Top happened between 12 June 2018 and 6 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ackworth Moor Top

The A638 has the most collisions in Ackworth Moor Top, 137 of 320 (43%), followed by the A628 (125).

Collisions in Ackworth Moor Top on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA638137183119
2ndA628125164131

Council area for Ackworth Moor Top

Ackworth Moor Top is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ackworth Moor Top accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Ackworth Moor Top

All 320 collisions in Ackworth Moor Top were in the WF7 postcode district.