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South Kirkby road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 680 road traffic collisions in South Kirkby, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 874 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 150 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
680
965th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
874
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
150
158 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for South Kirkby

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.2%
  • Serious15022%
  • Slight52277%

What the data shows

  • South Kirkby had 74 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 112 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in South Kirkby were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 192 children under 16 were killed or injured in South Kirkby, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in South Kirkby.

Where South Kirkby ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
965th
Most casualties
949th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
861st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday95 (14%)
  • Tuesday93 (14%)
  • Wednesday93 (14%)
  • Thursday105 (15%)
  • Friday119 (18%)
  • Saturday109 (16%)
  • Sunday66 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight494 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit171 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway668 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph670 (99%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph4 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds567 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds78 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other16 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant410 (47%)
  • Pedestrian213 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist116 (13%)
  • Cyclist78 (8.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant30 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

South Kirkby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Kirkby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in South Kirkby peaked at 31 in 1992; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251315
202489
20231014
202246
202155
202066
201977
201856
201777
2016912
2015912
201467
20131014
20121420
20111929
2010911
2009814
20081118
20071415
20061214
2005910
20041521
20032536
20022439
20011014
20001721
19991319
19981620
19972535
19961517
19951618
19942129
19932331
19923143
19911921
19902935
19892432
19882327
19871618
19862027
19851215
19841719
19831415
19821519
19811721
19801619
19791212

Map of recent crashes in South Kirkby

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in South Kirkby

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in South Kirkby

The 24 most recent collisions in South Kirkby happened between 8 October 2023 and 6 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in South Kirkby

Of the 680 collisions in South Kirkby, 288 were on the B6422.

Collisions in South Kirkby on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6422288380560

Council area for South Kirkby

South Kirkby is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. South Kirkby accounts for 1.5% of them.

Postcode district for South Kirkby

All 680 collisions in South Kirkby were in the WF9 postcode district.