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Bottom Boat road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 102 road traffic collisions in Bottom Boat, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 141 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 22 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
102
2,804th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
141
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
22
25 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bottom Boat

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal22%
  • Serious2222%
  • Slight7876%

What the data shows

  • Bottom Boat had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% more than the 11 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Bottom Boat were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 23 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bottom Boat, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Bottom Boat.

Where Bottom Boat ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,804th
Most casualties
2,736th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,653rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (14%)
  • Tuesday15 (15%)
  • Wednesday10 (9.8%)
  • Thursday17 (17%)
  • Friday15 (15%)
  • Saturday13 (13%)
  • Sunday18 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight72 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit30 (29%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway98 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph50 (49%)
  • 40 mph49 (48%)
  • 60 mph1 (1%)
  • 70 mph2 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds85 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (1%)
  • Other1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant85 (60%)
  • Pedestrian24 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist16 (11%)
  • Cyclist13 (9.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bottom Boat road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bottom Boat, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bottom Boat peaked at 8 in 1981; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202424
202322
202200
202134
202011
201911
201813
201700
201633
201525
201400
201322
201200
201111
201012
200922
200822
200713
200600
200522
200400
200368
200222
200100
200022
199923
199811
199723
199636
199525
199444
199322
199233
199159
199023
198924
198838
198734
198644
198522
198422
198334
198245
198188
198044
197923

Map of recent crashes in Bottom Boat

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bottom Boat

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bottom Boat

The 24 most recent collisions in Bottom Boat happened between 18 April 2009 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bottom Boat

Of the 102 collisions in Bottom Boat, 77 were on the A642.

Collisions in Bottom Boat on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA64277113218

Council area for Bottom Boat

Bottom Boat is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bottom Boat accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Bottom Boat

All 102 collisions in Bottom Boat were in the WF3 postcode district.