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Woodend road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 158 road traffic collisions in Woodend, Leeds, from 1979 to 2025, and 198 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 39 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
158
2,207th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
198
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
39
41 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Woodend

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.9%
  • Serious3925%
  • Slight11673%

What the data shows

  • Woodend had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 34 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Woodend were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 54 children under 16 were killed or injured in Woodend, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Woodend.

Where Woodend ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,207th
Most casualties
2,283rd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,999th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (16%)
  • Tuesday16 (10%)
  • Wednesday21 (13%)
  • Thursday30 (19%)
  • Friday25 (16%)
  • Saturday28 (18%)
  • Sunday13 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight116 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit39 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway154 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.3%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (2.5%)
  • 30 mph143 (91%)
  • 40 mph10 (6.3%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds128 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant64 (32%)
  • Pedestrian57 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist44 (22%)
  • Cyclist14 (7.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (4.5%)
  • Van occupant6 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Woodend road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Woodend, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Woodend peaked at 17 in 1981; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202411
202311
202222
202122
202011
201934
201811
201700
201644
201511
201434
201348
201211
201167
201022
200968
200833
200744
2006411
200545
200412
200311
200234
200145
200033
199912
199824
199744
199622
199511
199422
199345
199211
199134
199046
198955
198822
198711
198634
1985813
198477
1983911
198255
19811720
198066
197922

Map of recent crashes in Woodend

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Woodend

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Woodend

The 24 most recent collisions in Woodend happened between 25 June 2013 and 23 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Woodend

Of the 158 collisions in Woodend, 1 was on the B6137.

Collisions in Woodend on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB61371100

Council area for Woodend

Woodend is in Leeds, where police recorded 117,596 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Woodend accounts for 0.1% of them.

Postcode districts in Woodend

Collisions in Woodend were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by WF10 (136) and LS26 (22).