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Horbury road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 839 road traffic collisions in Horbury, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,064 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 204 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
839
856th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,064
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
13 people killed
Serious collisions
204
248 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Horbury

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.3%
  • Serious20424%
  • Slight62474%

What the data shows

  • Horbury had 119 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 14% fewer than the 138 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Horbury were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 180 children under 16 were killed or injured in Horbury, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Horbury.

Where Horbury ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
856th
Most casualties
851st
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
700th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday128 (15%)
  • Tuesday120 (14%)
  • Wednesday121 (14%)
  • Thursday117 (14%)
  • Friday137 (16%)
  • Saturday130 (15%)
  • Sunday86 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight579 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit238 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway775 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway45 (5.4%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph649 (77%)
  • 40 mph166 (20%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph12 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds709 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds98 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Other6 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant537 (50%)
  • Pedestrian229 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist143 (13%)
  • Cyclist95 (8.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant30 (2.8%)
  • Van occupant21 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.6%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Horbury road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Horbury, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Horbury peaked at 30 in 1985; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251214
20241214
20231621
202299
20211317
202059
201967
20181214
20171519
20161927
20151819
201489
20131625
20121622
20111314
20101923
20091219
200878
20071617
20061319
20051220
20041216
20031518
20022532
20011722
20002634
19991932
19982227
19971217
19962430
19952638
19942128
19931823
19922129
19911720
19902328
19892935
19882326
19872125
19862026
19853034
19842430
19832731
19822024
19812731
19802936
19792226

Map of recent crashes in Horbury

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Horbury

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Horbury

The 24 most recent collisions in Horbury happened between 30 January 2024 and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Horbury

The A642 has the most collisions in Horbury, 363 of 839 (43%), followed by the B6128 (225).

Collisions in Horbury on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6423635185106
2ndB6128225254451
3rdM1121700

Council area for Horbury

Horbury is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Horbury accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Horbury

All 839 collisions in Horbury were in the WF4 postcode district.