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Liversedge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,851 road traffic collisions in Liversedge, Kirklees, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,561 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 31 were fatal and 349 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 22 collisions, up from 13 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,851
485th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,561
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
31
32 people killed
Serious collisions
349
397 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
22
13 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
22
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Liversedge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal311.7%
  • Serious34919%
  • Slight1,47179%

What the data shows

  • Liversedge had 215 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 328 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Liversedge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 439 children under 16 were killed or injured in Liversedge, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Liversedge.

Where Liversedge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
485th
Most casualties
460th
Most fatal collisions
333rd
Most serious collisions
450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday244 (13%)
  • Tuesday262 (14%)
  • Wednesday276 (15%)
  • Thursday293 (16%)
  • Friday333 (18%)
  • Saturday243 (13%)
  • Sunday200 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,247 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit576 (31%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown24 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,729 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway106 (5.7%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.2%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph1,686 (91%)
  • 40 mph156 (8.4%)
  • 60 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,523 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds242 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds31 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds20 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist10 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.4%)
  • Other13 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,464 (57%)
  • Pedestrian409 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist366 (14%)
  • Cyclist182 (7.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant60 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant38 (1.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant16 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Liversedge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Liversedge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Liversedge peaked at 63 in 1992; 2025 had 22.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 22
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252222
20241316
20232330
20223034
20212132
20201315
20192330
20182328
20172533
20162233
20152528
20141620
20132027
20123346
20113147
20103352
20092746
20084977
20074149
20065376
20053854
20044369
20035584
20023557
20015389
20005785
19995277
19985072
19975083
19965991
19955677
19944253
19934165
19926379
19915265
19905268
19895056
19884046
19874662
19864048
19854160
19844757
19834659
19823443
19815982
19805268
19795571

Map of recent crashes in Liversedge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Liversedge

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Liversedge

The 24 most recent collisions in Liversedge happened between 17 November 2024 and 25 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Liversedge

The A62 has the most collisions in Liversedge, 534 of 1,851 (29%), followed by the A638 (329).

Collisions in Liversedge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA625347781396
2ndA638329470352
3rdA649273365552
4thB6119243409
5thA6465501
6thA6433400
7thA6473302

Council area for Liversedge

Liversedge is in Kirklees, where police recorded 57,248 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Liversedge accounts for 3.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Liversedge

Collisions in Liversedge were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by WF15 (1,821) and WF16 (29).