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Normanton (Wakefield) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,570 road traffic collisions in Normanton, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,023 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 22 were fatal and 286 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 20 collisions, down 29% on 2024 (28).

Collisions since 1979
1,570
543rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,023
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
22
24 people killed
Serious collisions
286
321 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
20
Down 29% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
26
Down 26% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Normanton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal221.4%
  • Serious28618%
  • Slight1,26280%

What the data shows

  • Normanton had 216 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 272 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Normanton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 383 children under 16 were killed or injured in Normanton, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Normanton.

Where Normanton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
543rd
Most casualties
531st
Most fatal collisions
451st
Most serious collisions
526th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday238 (15%)
  • Tuesday234 (15%)
  • Wednesday237 (15%)
  • Thursday235 (15%)
  • Friday256 (16%)
  • Saturday209 (13%)
  • Sunday161 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,130 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit392 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,447 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway59 (3.8%)
  • Roundabout41 (2.6%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded12 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph1,370 (87%)
  • 40 mph125 (8%)
  • 50 mph8 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph23 (1.5%)
  • 70 mph35 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,330 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds151 (9.6%)
  • Fine with high winds22 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Other23 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant981 (48%)
  • Pedestrian422 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist303 (15%)
  • Cyclist157 (7.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant71 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant42 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant12 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Normanton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Normanton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Normanton peaked at 52 in 1981; 2025 had 20.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 20
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252026
20242835
20232837
20223339
20211219
20201011
20192228
20182331
20171422
20162629
20152430
20142534
20132429
20122837
20112628
20102128
20092739
20083143
20073050
20063652
20053549
20043454
20034354
20023548
20014258
20004458
19993844
19983142
19974662
19963450
19954562
19944455
19933639
19923844
19913847
19904052
19894357
19883239
19873341
19863942
19854253
19843544
19834863
19824456
19815262
19805056
19794145

Map of recent crashes in Normanton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Normanton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Normanton

The 24 most recent collisions in Normanton happened between 21 October 2024 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Normanton

The A655 has the most collisions in Normanton, 391 of 1,570 (25%), followed by the B6133 (49).

Collisions in Normanton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6553914861065
2ndB6133496209
3rdB61344265110
4thM62366211
5thA653971502

Council area for Normanton

Normanton is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Normanton accounts for 3.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Normanton

Collisions in Normanton were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by WF6 (1,475) and WF10 (95).