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Featherstone (Wakefield) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,177 road traffic collisions in Featherstone, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,606 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 22 were fatal and 221 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,177
675th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,606
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
22
27 people killed
Serious collisions
221
256 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
16
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Featherstone

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal221.9%
  • Serious22119%
  • Slight93479%

What the data shows

  • Featherstone had 133 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 181 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Featherstone were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 343 children under 16 were killed or injured in Featherstone, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Featherstone.

Where Featherstone ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
675th
Most casualties
633rd
Most fatal collisions
451st
Most serious collisions
664th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday179 (15%)
  • Tuesday156 (13%)
  • Wednesday168 (14%)
  • Thursday184 (16%)
  • Friday207 (18%)
  • Saturday168 (14%)
  • Sunday115 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight820 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit308 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown35 (3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,135 (96%)
  • One way street or slip road18 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (1.2%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph1,079 (92%)
  • 40 mph60 (5.1%)
  • 60 mph33 (2.8%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds984 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds126 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other11 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant795 (50%)
  • Pedestrian347 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist233 (15%)
  • Cyclist130 (8.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant44 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant34 (2.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Featherstone road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Featherstone, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Featherstone peaked at 47 in 1989; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251316
202489
20231519
20222232
20211114
202055
20191013
20181212
20171316
20162428
20151618
20141619
20131929
20121836
20111720
20101520
20092950
20081624
20071628
20061929
20052132
20042032
20033144
20024263
20013447
20003244
19992029
19983660
19973039
19962532
19954355
19943649
19932430
19923861
19912937
19902836
19894775
19883642
19872840
19862837
19853337
19843036
19833744
19824148
19813345
19802835
19793340

Map of recent crashes in Featherstone

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Featherstone

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Featherstone

The 24 most recent collisions in Featherstone happened between 25 September 2023 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Featherstone

The A645 has the most collisions in Featherstone, 479 of 1,177 (41%), followed by the B6421 (339).

Collisions in Featherstone on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA64547969312102
2ndB6421339441159
3rdB6134539339
4thB6133253801

Council area for Featherstone

Featherstone is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Featherstone accounts for 2.6% of them.

Postcode district for Featherstone

All 1,177 collisions in Featherstone were in the WF7 postcode district.