West Yorkshire saw a rise in the number of road deaths last year, figures show, although there were fewer serious injuries.
There were 51 fatalities recorded in 2025, up from 40 the previous year and in line with the 51 seen in 2023, according to Department for Transport data.
But within the two-year period between 2023 and 2025, the region saw 192 fewer incidents of road users being seriously injured.
The data was released to mark the second anniversary of road safety campaign Vision Zero, which aims to reduce to zero the number of people killed or seriously injured on West Yorkshire’s roads by 2040.
Peter Carlill, Leeds City Council’s Executive Member for Transport and Planning, said that while he was “encouraged” to see a reduction in serious injuries, he admitted every death and serious injury on the region’s roads was “one too many”.
“Behind every statistic is a person, a family and a community affected by a tragedy that could potentially have been prevented,” he said.
