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Scholes (Kirklees) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 196 road traffic collisions in Scholes, Kirklees, from 1979 to 2025, and 278 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 46 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
196
1,973rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
278
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
46
52 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Scholes

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42%
  • Serious4623%
  • Slight14674%

What the data shows

  • Scholes had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 58% fewer than the 36 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Scholes were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 65 children under 16 were killed or injured in Scholes, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Scholes.

Where Scholes ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,973rd
Most casualties
1,901st
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,829th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (16%)
  • Tuesday25 (13%)
  • Wednesday36 (18%)
  • Thursday29 (15%)
  • Friday36 (18%)
  • Saturday21 (11%)
  • Sunday18 (9.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight143 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit52 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway169 (86%)
  • Dual carriageway27 (14%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph155 (79%)
  • 40 mph16 (8.2%)
  • 60 mph18 (9.2%)
  • 70 mph6 (3.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds155 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds32 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1%)
  • Other3 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant152 (55%)
  • Pedestrian47 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (13%)
  • Cyclist20 (7.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (3.2%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (1.1%)
  • Van occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Scholes road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Scholes, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Scholes peaked at 9 in 1984; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202411
202300
202244
202100
202000
201937
201848
201722
201600
201534
2014510
201322
201213
201166
201046
200948
200847
200722
200656
200522
2004814
2003610
200234
200144
2000610
1999816
1998612
199755
199658
199568
1994811
199322
199223
199156
199056
198967
198888
198758
198668
198511
1984910
198378
198277
198136
198055
1979711

Map of recent crashes in Scholes

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Scholes

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Scholes

The 24 most recent collisions in Scholes happened between 12 September 2013 and 3 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Scholes

The B6120 has the most collisions in Scholes, 76 of 196 (39%), followed by the A649 (43).

Collisions in Scholes on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB612076106216
2ndA649437329
3rdB63793246011

Council area for Scholes

Scholes is in Kirklees, where police recorded 57,248 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Scholes accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Scholes

All 196 collisions in Scholes were in the BD19 postcode district.