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Crigglestone and Durkar road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 369 road traffic collisions in Crigglestone and Durkar, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 475 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 65 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
369
1,372nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
475
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
65
76 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Crigglestone and Durkar

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.9%
  • Serious6518%
  • Slight29780%

What the data shows

  • Crigglestone and Durkar had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 54 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Crigglestone and Durkar were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 69 children under 16 were killed or injured in Crigglestone and Durkar, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Crigglestone and Durkar.

Where Crigglestone and Durkar ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,372nd
Most casualties
1,371st
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (13%)
  • Tuesday45 (12%)
  • Wednesday54 (15%)
  • Thursday53 (14%)
  • Friday58 (16%)
  • Saturday62 (17%)
  • Sunday48 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight254 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit84 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (4.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (3.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway292 (79%)
  • Dual carriageway57 (15%)
  • Roundabout13 (3.5%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph238 (64%)
  • 40 mph44 (12%)
  • 50 mph6 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph27 (7.3%)
  • 70 mph54 (15%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds311 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant300 (63%)
  • Pedestrian70 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist55 (12%)
  • Cyclist34 (7.2%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crigglestone and Durkar road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Crigglestone and Durkar, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Crigglestone and Durkar peaked at 15 in 1995; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202444
202388
202233
2021810
202034
201922
201844
201769
201644
20151014
201433
201366
201244
201145
201046
2009916
2008610
200746
200645
2005814
20041012
20031012
2002812
2001811
20001120
19991114
199879
19971115
1996911
19951524
19941116
199379
19921112
19911418
19901415
198933
19881115
198779
19861111
1985810
1984810
1983914
19821516
19811315
19801214
197999

Map of recent crashes in Crigglestone and Durkar

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Crigglestone and Durkar

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Crigglestone and Durkar

The 24 most recent collisions in Crigglestone and Durkar happened between 12 April 2021 and 26 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Crigglestone and Durkar

The A636 has the most collisions in Crigglestone and Durkar, 98 of 369 (27%), followed by the M1 (42).

Collisions in Crigglestone and Durkar on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA63698130218
2ndM1426034

Council area for Crigglestone and Durkar

Crigglestone and Durkar is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Crigglestone and Durkar accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Crigglestone and Durkar

Of the 369 collisions in Crigglestone and Durkar, 368 (99.7%) were in the WF4 postcode district.