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Walton (Wakefield) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 101 road traffic collisions in Walton, Wakefield, from 1979 to 2025, and 128 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 21 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
101
2,823rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
128
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
21
24 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Walton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2121%
  • Slight8079%

What the data shows

  • Walton had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Walton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in Walton, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Walton.

Where Walton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,823rd
Most casualties
2,814th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,686th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday13 (13%)
  • Tuesday16 (16%)
  • Wednesday7 (6.9%)
  • Thursday23 (23%)
  • Friday13 (13%)
  • Saturday13 (13%)
  • Sunday16 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight73 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway98 (97%)
  • Roundabout2 (2%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph97 (96%)
  • 60 mph4 (4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds86 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant66 (52%)
  • Motorcyclist25 (20%)
  • Pedestrian20 (16%)
  • Cyclist9 (7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant3 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Walton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Walton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Walton peaked at 8 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
202411
202311
202211
202111
202000
201900
201800
201700
201622
201511
201422
201300
201212
201111
201034
200955
200800
200735
200612
200511
200412
200347
200234
200135
200033
199911
199877
199725
199611
199511
199456
199322
199211
199134
199034
198947
198811
198733
198622
198500
198422
1983810
198257
198134
198033
197933

Map of recent crashes in Walton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Walton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Walton

The 24 most recent collisions in Walton happened between 24 June 2007 and 4 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Walton

Of the 101 collisions in Walton, 45 were on the B6378.

Collisions in Walton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6378456207

Council area for Walton

Walton is in Wakefield, where police recorded 44,869 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Walton accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode districts in Walton

Collisions in Walton were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by WF2 (98) and WF1 (3).