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Garforth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 987 road traffic collisions in Garforth, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,249 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 187 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
987
763rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,249
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
187
203 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Garforth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal90.9%
  • Serious18719%
  • Slight79180%

What the data shows

  • Garforth had 91 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 154 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Garforth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 247 children under 16 were killed or injured in Garforth, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Garforth.

Where Garforth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
763rd
Most casualties
763rd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
732nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday100 (10%)
  • Tuesday135 (14%)
  • Wednesday168 (17%)
  • Thursday148 (15%)
  • Friday190 (19%)
  • Saturday133 (13%)
  • Sunday113 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight740 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit227 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway934 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway32 (3.2%)
  • Roundabout11 (1.1%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph26 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph715 (72%)
  • 40 mph201 (20%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph35 (3.5%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds836 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds106 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Other11 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant583 (47%)
  • Pedestrian276 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist171 (14%)
  • Cyclist132 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant42 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant25 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Garforth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Garforth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Garforth peaked at 43 in 1980; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251212
2024712
20231112
202277
202188
202066
2019910
201866
20171316
20161215
20151419
20141214
20131116
20121115
20111014
20101515
20091517
20082334
20072834
20061515
20052235
20042734
20031823
20021317
20011821
20002241
19992228
19982635
19973140
19962027
19952631
19942526
19932529
19923347
19913443
19902636
19892631
19882835
19872729
19863242
19853236
19843241
19834148
19823237
19812843
19804356
19793341

Map of recent crashes in Garforth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Garforth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Garforth

The 24 most recent collisions in Garforth happened between 26 April 2023 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Garforth

The A642 has the most collisions in Garforth, 227 of 987 (23%), followed by the A63 (191).

Collisions in Garforth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA642227294141
2ndA63191287644
3rdB6137145175027
4thB63175501

Council area for Garforth

Garforth is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Garforth accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Garforth

Collisions in Garforth were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by LS25 (974) and LS26 (13).