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High Ackworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 117 road traffic collisions in High Ackworth, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 190 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 19 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
117
2,617th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
190
1.62 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
19
23 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for High Ackworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.9%
  • Serious1916%
  • Slight9783%

What the data shows

  • High Ackworth had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in High Ackworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in High Ackworth are between noon and 3pm, with 17% of collisions.
  • 16 children under 16 were killed or injured in High Ackworth, 8.4% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where High Ackworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,617th
Most casualties
2,337th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,754th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (19%)
  • Tuesday18 (15%)
  • Wednesday17 (15%)
  • Thursday15 (13%)
  • Friday16 (14%)
  • Saturday16 (14%)
  • Sunday13 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight78 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (28%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (4.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway114 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph96 (82%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.7%)
  • 60 mph18 (15%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds90 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds21 (18%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant124 (65%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (7.9%)
  • Cyclist10 (5.3%)
  • Pedestrian9 (4.7%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

High Ackworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in High Ackworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in High Ackworth peaked at 6 in 2000; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202423
202300
2022412
202100
202000
201900
201811
201700
2016310
201500
201411
201322
201211
201123
201034
200956
200824
200700
200656
200534
200422
200348
200234
200122
200067
199956
1998310
1997419
199635
199511
199447
199333
199233
199145
199045
198934
198811
198723
198656
198533
198425
198347
198266
198122
198016
197911

Map of recent crashes in High Ackworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in High Ackworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in High Ackworth

The 24 most recent collisions in High Ackworth happened between 2 September 2009 and 22 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in High Ackworth

The A628 has the most collisions in High Ackworth, 93 of 117 (79%), followed by the B6421 (14).

Collisions in High Ackworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA62893154015
2ndB6421142312

Council area for High Ackworth

High Ackworth is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. High Ackworth accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for High Ackworth

All 117 collisions in High Ackworth were in the WF7 postcode district.