The A62: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 142 people were killed or seriously injured in 133 collisions on the A62, making it the 81th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
133
serious or fatal collisions
142
people killed or seriously injured
9
collisions that took a life
#81
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A62 carries 463 recorded injury collisions over the period, 133 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Kirklees, Oldham, Manchester, with 2 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 7%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2023 with 31 serious collisions, and the count is up 13% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A62
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Kirklees53 KSI
- Oldham37 KSI
- Manchester24 KSI
- Leeds17 KSI
- Calderdale2 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A62
2025: 27 (up 8% on the year before) · peak 31 in 2023 · +12.5% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A62
How many accidents happen on the A62?
Police recorded 463 injury collisions on the A62 over 2021–2025, of which 133 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 142 people killed or seriously injured, including 9 fatal collisions.
Is the A62 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 81 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 75 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A62 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Kirklees, Oldham, Manchester. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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