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Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 447 road traffic collisions in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West, Kirklees, from 1979 to 2025, and 588 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 75 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
447
1,235th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
588
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
75
79 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.6%
  • Serious7517%
  • Slight36582%

What the data shows

  • Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West had 58 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 15% fewer than the 68 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 120 children under 16 were killed or injured in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West.

Where Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,235th
Most casualties
1,213th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,362nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday73 (16%)
  • Tuesday62 (14%)
  • Wednesday66 (15%)
  • Thursday59 (13%)
  • Friday80 (18%)
  • Saturday61 (14%)
  • Sunday46 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight300 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit133 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway436 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.3%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph327 (73%)
  • 40 mph99 (22%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph17 (3.8%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds363 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds58 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant303 (52%)
  • Pedestrian132 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist73 (12%)
  • Cyclist45 (7.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (1.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West peaked at 18 in 1998; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202444
202388
2022913
202144
202045
201949
201855
201766
20161113
2015914
201445
2013812
201279
201147
2010813
200958
200844
2007811
20061117
2005811
200458
20031321
200279
2001811
20001522
19991516
19981826
19971015
19961417
199555
19941115
19931521
19921220
19911723
19901114
19891315
198857
19871520
19861820
19851313
19841212
19831011
19821011
19811720
19801219
19791214

Map of recent crashes in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West

The 24 most recent collisions in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West happened between 14 February 2022 and 7 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West

The B6116 has the most collisions in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West, 173 of 447 (39%), followed by the A636 (147).

Collisions in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6116173231332
2ndA636147203428

Council area for Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West

Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West is in Kirklees, where police recorded 57,248 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West

All 447 collisions in Skelmanthorpe and Clayton West were in the HD8 postcode district.