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Morley (Leeds) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,857 road traffic collisions in Morley, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,739 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 35 were fatal and 480 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 38 collisions, up 23% on 2024 (31).

Collisions since 1979
2,857
350th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,739
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
35
35 people killed
Serious collisions
480
531 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
38
Up 23% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
53
Up 29% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Morley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal351.2%
  • Serious48017%
  • Slight2,34282%

What the data shows

  • Morley had 346 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 532 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Morley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 635 children under 16 were killed or injured in Morley, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Morley.

Where Morley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
350th
Most casualties
333rd
Most fatal collisions
297th
Most serious collisions
348th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday394 (14%)
  • Tuesday405 (14%)
  • Wednesday424 (15%)
  • Thursday448 (16%)
  • Friday553 (19%)
  • Saturday387 (14%)
  • Sunday246 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,063 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit726 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown51 (1.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,489 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway244 (8.5%)
  • Roundabout68 (2.4%)
  • One way street or slip road41 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded15 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph39 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph2,084 (73%)
  • 40 mph594 (21%)
  • 50 mph12 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph22 (0.8%)
  • 70 mph106 (3.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,308 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds371 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds51 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds24 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist19 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds19 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.2%)
  • Other41 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded19 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,960 (52%)
  • Pedestrian800 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist331 (8.9%)
  • Cyclist250 (6.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant212 (5.7%)
  • Van occupant100 (2.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant32 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)20 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Morley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Morley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Morley peaked at 99 in 1998; 2025 had 38.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253853
20243141
20233540
20224048
20212638
20201824
20193743
20184151
20173754
20164354
20154050
20144656
20134456
20124965
20115471
20105473
20094051
200872102
20077596
200658102
20055778
20046493
200379115
20026688
200172121
200081103
199987122
199899143
199791121
199676109
19957691
19947492
19936077
19928197
19917086
19907487
198984113
19885263
19877283
198690112
19856474
19846780
19836984
19826571
19816577
19806993
19797598

Map of recent crashes in Morley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Morley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Morley

The 24 most recent collisions in Morley happened between 23 April and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Morley

The A643 has the most collisions in Morley, 573 of 2,857 (20%), followed by the A650 (564).

Collisions in Morley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6435737746105
2ndA65056477013104
3rdB6123322437638
4thB6127288343450
5thM628614739
6thB61266982016
7thA6029445515
8thA623151012
9thM621203605
10thA653141701
11thA61233400

Council area for Morley

Morley is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Morley accounts for 2.4% of them.

Postcode districts in Morley

Collisions in Morley were recorded in 4 postcode districts, led by LS27 (2,766) and WF3 (56).