Road crashes in Leeds

52,430 recorded collisions since 2000.

Leeds has recorded 52,430 road collisions since 2000, 602 of them fatal and 8,011 causing serious injury. That makes it the 2nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 16% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.5 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 55% since 2000, from 3,262 to 1,463 in 2024. The A58 is the most affected road locally, with 2,292 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.