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Scarcroft road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 125 road traffic collisions in Scarcroft, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 217 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 32 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
125
2,528th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
217
1.74 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
32
47 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Scarcroft

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.4%
  • Serious3226%
  • Slight9072%

What the data shows

  • 28% of collisions in Scarcroft were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 11 children under 16 were killed or injured in Scarcroft, 5.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Scarcroft.

Where Scarcroft ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,528th
Most casualties
2,167th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,244th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday16 (13%)
  • Tuesday13 (10%)
  • Wednesday26 (21%)
  • Thursday24 (19%)
  • Friday15 (12%)
  • Saturday17 (14%)
  • Sunday14 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight89 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting24 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit9 (7.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway122 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph27 (22%)
  • 40 mph18 (14%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.6%)
  • 60 mph77 (62%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds106 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (10%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.6%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant182 (84%)
  • Pedestrian14 (6.5%)
  • Motorcyclist8 (3.7%)
  • Cyclist5 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Scarcroft road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Scarcroft, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Scarcroft peaked at 8 in 1982; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202423
202347
202229
202136
202014
201900
201812
201734
201613
201513
201411
201311
201211
201112
201011
200912
200800
200700
200600
200500
200424
200335
200224
200124
200057
199945
199811
199724
199635
199546
1994511
199358
199225
199155
199079
198956
198824
1987712
198657
198549
198446
198344
1982820
198158
198014
197945

Map of recent crashes in Scarcroft

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Scarcroft

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Scarcroft

The 24 most recent collisions in Scarcroft happened between 20 January 2009 and 6 July 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Scarcroft

Of the 125 collisions in Scarcroft, 88 were on the A58.

Collisions in Scarcroft on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA5888152321

Council area for Scarcroft

Scarcroft is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Scarcroft accounts for 0.1% of them.

Postcode district for Scarcroft

Of the 125 collisions in Scarcroft, 124 (99%) were in the LS14 postcode district.