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Crofton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 442 road traffic collisions in Crofton, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 616 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 88 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
442
1,243rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
616
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
88
98 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Crofton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.8%
  • Serious8820%
  • Slight34678%

What the data shows

  • Crofton had 52 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 9% fewer than the 57 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Crofton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 110 children under 16 were killed or injured in Crofton, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Crofton.

Where Crofton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,243rd
Most casualties
1,180th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,231st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday69 (16%)
  • Tuesday51 (12%)
  • Wednesday70 (16%)
  • Thursday60 (14%)
  • Friday77 (17%)
  • Saturday59 (13%)
  • Sunday56 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight314 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit121 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway430 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.4%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph218 (49%)
  • 40 mph73 (17%)
  • 60 mph132 (30%)
  • 70 mph7 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds364 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds49 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.7%)
  • Other6 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant352 (57%)
  • Pedestrian90 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist83 (13%)
  • Cyclist39 (6.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant17 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crofton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Crofton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Crofton peaked at 21 in 1980; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202434
2023911
2022611
202111
202045
201957
201879
201744
2016910
2015711
201469
201358
201244
20111011
2010613
200936
200844
200757
2006712
20051118
200468
20031019
2002812
20011015
20001517
1999913
19981731
1997814
19961416
19951316
19941116
1993710
19921314
19911111
19901013
19891426
19881428
19871113
19861423
19851723
19841215
19831823
19821518
19811111
19802124
19791316

Map of recent crashes in Crofton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Crofton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Crofton

The 24 most recent collisions in Crofton happened between 6 October 2020 and 27 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Crofton

The A638 has the most collisions in Crofton, 201 of 442 (45%), followed by the B6378 (37).

Collisions in Crofton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA638201311644
2ndB6378375305
3rdA645223508

Council area for Crofton

Crofton is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Crofton accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Crofton

All 442 collisions in Crofton were in the WF4 postcode district.