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Upton (Wakefield) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 324 road traffic collisions in Upton, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 442 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 62 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
324
1,485th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
442
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
62
69 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Upton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal72.2%
  • Serious6219%
  • Slight25579%

What the data shows

  • Upton had 34 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 45 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Upton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 107 children under 16 were killed or injured in Upton, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Upton.

Where Upton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,485th
Most casualties
1,437th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,551st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (17%)
  • Tuesday44 (14%)
  • Wednesday35 (11%)
  • Thursday47 (15%)
  • Friday54 (17%)
  • Saturday47 (15%)
  • Sunday42 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight242 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit69 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway313 (97%)
  • Roundabout6 (1.9%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph296 (91%)
  • 40 mph12 (3.7%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph12 (3.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds282 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (7.1%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other4 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant209 (47%)
  • Pedestrian98 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist65 (15%)
  • Cyclist31 (7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant25 (5.7%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Upton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Upton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Upton peaked at 15 in 1983; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202435
202322
202234
202144
2020310
201955
2018611
201748
201613
201578
201433
201334
201224
201133
201034
200922
2008715
2007914
2006611
200511
200448
200346
20021014
2001810
200099
19991421
19981317
1997917
19961111
19951015
199457
199344
199211
199146
19901222
19891117
1988810
19871415
19861417
19851112
198488
19831520
19821112
19811214
19801214
19791010

Map of recent crashes in Upton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Upton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Upton

The 24 most recent collisions in Upton happened between 18 November 2018 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Upton

The B6474 has the most collisions in Upton, 56 of 324 (17%), followed by the A638 (18).

Collisions in Upton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB64745681310
2ndA638183302

Council area for Upton

Upton is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Upton accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Upton

All 324 collisions in Upton were in the WF9 postcode district.