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Hemsworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 809 road traffic collisions in Hemsworth, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,079 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 154 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 11 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
809
872nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,079
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
18 people killed
Serious collisions
154
176 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
11
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
17
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hemsworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal182.2%
  • Serious15419%
  • Slight63779%

What the data shows

  • Hemsworth had 81 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 30% fewer than the 115 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Hemsworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 215 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hemsworth, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Hemsworth.

Where Hemsworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
872nd
Most casualties
846th
Most fatal collisions
536th
Most serious collisions
841st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday116 (14%)
  • Tuesday103 (13%)
  • Wednesday111 (14%)
  • Thursday131 (16%)
  • Friday160 (20%)
  • Saturday99 (12%)
  • Sunday89 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight562 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit223 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway782 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (1.1%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (1%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph753 (93%)
  • 40 mph7 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph45 (5.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds675 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds88 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.6%)
  • Other12 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant502 (47%)
  • Pedestrian290 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist151 (14%)
  • Cyclist66 (6.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant32 (3%)
  • Van occupant16 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hemsworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hemsworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hemsworth peaked at 36 in 1984; 2025 had 11.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251117
202445
2023811
20221014
2021714
2020910
201946
201878
201778
20161416
20152037
201489
20131420
20121315
2011910
20101424
20091015
2008913
20071016
2006813
20051426
20041327
20032535
20021313
20011417
20001830
19991932
19981520
19972531
19962230
19952031
19942327
19932232
19921720
19912530
19902530
19892734
19883539
19872428
19862025
19852831
19843643
19833038
19823036
19812436
19802528
19792429

Map of recent crashes in Hemsworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hemsworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hemsworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Hemsworth happened between 2 December 2022 and 21 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hemsworth

The B6273 has the most collisions in Hemsworth, 213 of 809 (26%), followed by the A628 (182).

Collisions in Hemsworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6273213306434
2ndA628182242042
3rdB6422133162429

Council area for Hemsworth

Hemsworth is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hemsworth accounts for 1.8% of them.

Postcode district for Hemsworth

All 809 collisions in Hemsworth were in the WF9 postcode district.