Road traffic accidents

Information on accidents across Leeds. Data includes location, number of people and vehicles involved, road surface, weather conditions and severity of any casualties.

Please note

  • The Eastings and Northings are generated at the roadside where the accident occurred. Sometimes due to poor internet connectivity this data is may not be as accurate as it could be. If you notice any errors please contact accident.studies@leeds.gov.uk.

Due to the format of the report a number of figures in the columns are repeated, these are:

  • Reference Number
  • Easting
  • Northing
  • Number of Vehicles
  • Accident Date
  • Time (24hr)
  • 1st Road Class
  • Road Surface
  • Lighting Conditions
  • Weather Conditions

Reference Number

Grid Ref: Easting

Grid Ref: Northing

Number of vehicles

Accident Date

Time (24hr)

21G0539

427798

426248

5

16/01/2015

1205

21G0539

427798

426248

5

16/01/2015

1205

21G1108

431142

430087

1

16/01/2015

1732

21H0565

434602

436699>

1

17/01/2015

930

21H0638

434254

434318

2

17/01/2015

1315

21H0638

434254

434318

2

17/01/2015

1315

Therefore the number of vehicles involved in accident 21G0539 were 5, and in accident 21H0638 were 2. Overall in the example above a total of 9 vehicles were involved in accidents

A useful tool to analyse the data is Excel pivot tables, these help summarise large amounts of data in a easy to view table, for further information on pivot table visit here

Further Information

  • Please see the guidance document for further information on categories.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
Source https://datamillnorth.org/dataset/road-traffic-accidents
Last Updated August 4, 2021, 16:54 (UTC)
Created February 8, 2017, 17:25 (UTC)