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Rawdon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 603 road traffic collisions in Rawdon, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 821 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 111 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
603
1,038th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
821
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
111
123 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rawdon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.5%
  • Serious11118%
  • Slight48380%

What the data shows

  • Rawdon had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 90 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Rawdon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 101 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rawdon, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Rawdon.

Where Rawdon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,038th
Most casualties
992nd
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,068th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday83 (14%)
  • Tuesday81 (13%)
  • Wednesday76 (13%)
  • Thursday94 (16%)
  • Friday117 (19%)
  • Saturday94 (16%)
  • Sunday58 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight409 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit179 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway584 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (1.7%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph493 (82%)
  • 40 mph90 (15%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph17 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds479 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds84 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant499 (61%)
  • Pedestrian129 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist90 (11%)
  • Cyclist48 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant34 (4.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rawdon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rawdon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rawdon peaked at 24 in 1994; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202411
20231012
202234
202166
202011
201922
201855
201767
201645
2015910
201488
20131316
201244
20111113
2010712
2009811
20081214
2007911
2006910
20051016
20041526
20031322
20021727
20011419
20002129
19991324
19981422
19971825
19962328
19951214
19942435
19931623
19922033
19912128
19902234
19892232
19882230
19871720
19862023
19851723
19841519
19831216
19821924
19811821
19801519
19792032

Map of recent crashes in Rawdon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rawdon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rawdon

The 24 most recent collisions in Rawdon happened between 5 June 2021 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rawdon

The A65 has the most collisions in Rawdon, 249 of 603 (41%), followed by the A658 (120).

Collisions in Rawdon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA65249333546
2ndA658120187129
3rdB6152667909
4thA6120223100

Council area for Rawdon

Rawdon is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rawdon accounts for 0.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Rawdon

Collisions in Rawdon were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by LS19 (579) and LS13 (22).