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Kippax road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 422 road traffic collisions in Kippax, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 534 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 89 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
422
1,269th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
534
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
89
95 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Kippax

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.9%
  • Serious8921%
  • Slight32978%

What the data shows

  • Kippax had 37 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 62 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Kippax were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Kippax are between 6pm and 9pm, with 26% of collisions.
  • 114 children under 16 were killed or injured in Kippax, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Kippax ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,269th
Most casualties
1,278th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,221st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday64 (15%)
  • Tuesday56 (13%)
  • Wednesday59 (14%)
  • Thursday61 (14%)
  • Friday65 (15%)
  • Saturday70 (17%)
  • Sunday47 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight269 (64%)
  • Dark, street lights lit137 (32%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (2.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway404 (96%)
  • Roundabout11 (2.6%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (1.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph401 (95%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph6 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds366 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds25 (5.9%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Other4 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant233 (44%)
  • Pedestrian138 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist75 (14%)
  • Cyclist41 (7.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant12 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant6 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.6%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user2 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Kippax road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Kippax, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Kippax peaked at 23 in 1997; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202434
202378
202279
202122
202022
201937
201811
201757
201633
201522
201423
201356
201246
201188
20101016
20091315
200834
200766
2006911
2005911
200423
20031014
200266
2001913
20001114
19991112
19981520
19972338
19962125
199588
19941010
19931418
19921824
19911214
1990910
19891212
1988913
19871324
19861418
198589
19841113
19831213
19821417
19811112
19801621
19791516

Map of recent crashes in Kippax

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Kippax

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Kippax

The 24 most recent collisions in Kippax happened between 4 June 2020 and 1 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Kippax

The B6137 has the most collisions in Kippax, 188 of 422 (45%), followed by the B6317 (15).

Collisions in Kippax on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6137188252236
2ndB6317152103

Council area for Kippax

Kippax is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Kippax accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Kippax

All 422 collisions in Kippax were in the LS25 postcode district.