We collect information about road traffic collisions and use this to make our roads safer.
This helps us direct our work in the most efficient and effective manner. We compile and validate this information together with the Department for Transport.
Most recent data
The tables below capture year-on-year data about crashes and casualties in Leeds. The disruption caused to travel patterns by the Covid-19 pandemic means that data from 2020 and 2021 should be treated with caution. Comparisons with 2019 are likely to be more reliable. In April 2021, West Yorkshire Police (WYP) changed the system being used to record road traffic collisions.
The system now being used, called CRaSH, automatically assigns a severity classification to each casualty according to the injuries recorded by the reporting Police Officer, whereas the previous system allowed the reporting officer to specify the severity directly. Where CRaSH has been previously rolled out elsewhere in the country, there has generally been a significant increase in the proportion of reported casualties which are classified as serious.
- there are three broad categories of injury severity: slight, serious and fatal.
- the most catastrophic injuries (fatal and serious) are jointly referred to as 'killed or seriously injured' (KSI).
- 'All severity' injuries refer to KSIs plus slight injuries.
All collisions on roads in Leeds, 2017-2021
Year |
Slight |
Serious |
Fatal |
Total |
2017 | 1,409 | 291 | 11 | 1,711 |
2018 | 1,239 | 285 | 23 | 1,547 |
2019 | 1,129 | 299 | 21 | 1,449 |
2020 | 783 | 202 | 10 | 995 |
2021 | 1,034 | 325 | 19 | 1,404 |
Total |
5,594 |
1,428 |
84 |
7,106 |
Fatal and serious injury casualties on roads in Leeds, 2017-2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on both traffic volumes and crash rates. KSI figures for the first 11 weeks of 2020 were well below those for the equivalent period in 2019 and remained lower than the 2019 figures for the remainder of the year despite increases in traffic volumes as restrictions eased. The KSI total in 2020 (231) is the lowest recorded in Leeds since at least 1979.
Year |
Serious |
Fatal |
Total KSI |
2017 | 309 | 15 | 324 |
2018 | 311 | 26 | 337 |
2019 | 334 | 22 | 356 |
2020 | 220 | 11 | 231 |
2021 | 387 | 19 | 406 |
Total |
1,561 |
93 |
1,654 |
Fatal and serious injury casualties by road-user, 2017-2021
Most of those killed or seriously injured (63%) are not in a vehicle, such as pedestrians (28% of all KSI), cyclists (17% of all KSI), or on powered-two-wheelers such as motorbikes, mopeds and scooters (18% of all KSI). Crashes are nearly twice as likely to inflict fatal or serious injuries on these road-users.
Road-user |
Serious |
Fatal |
Serious |
Fatal |
Serious |
Fatal |
Serious |
Fatal |
Serious |
Fatal |
Serious |
Fatal |
KSI |
---|
Car occupant | 81 | 6 | 92 | 8 | 105 | 6 | 74 | 7 | 152 | 7 |
504 |
34 |
538 |
---|
Pedestrian | 90 | 7 | 75 | 15 | 96 | 8 | 54 | 1 | 100 | 9 |
415 |
40 |
455 |
---|
Powered two-wheeler or passenger | 66 | 2 | 67 | 2 | 56 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 60 | 3 |
283 |
15 |
298 |
---|
Pedal cyclist or passenger | 55 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 49 | 0 |
274 |
4 |
278 |
---|
Goods vehicle occupant | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
46 |
0 |
46 |
---|
Bus occupant | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
28 |
0 |
28 |
---|
Taxi occupant | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
---|
Horse rider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
---|
Total |
309 |
15 |
311 |
26 |
334 |
22 |
220 |
11 |
387 |
19 |
1561 |
93 |
1,654 |
---|
Get more detailed data
You can download the raw data files from
Data Mill North. To easily analyse the data, you can use the
Department for Transport (DfT) interactive dashboard.
Annual report
We produce an annual report on crashes and casualties on public roads in Leeds. Email collisionstudies@leeds.gov.uk for a copy.
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