Wakefield City Council

Reports

• A frames cones

  Flushdyke Interchange, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9AE, United Kingdom. 18:48, 17 Jan 2026

• Litter M62 from junction 31 to 32 slipways at the 2 junctions and on motorway looks like a landfill site

  M62, Glasshoughton, Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 4RU, United Kingdom. 11:33, 16 Jan 2026

• Pothole

  Ferrybridge Interchange, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0AF, United Kingdom. Closed 21:30, 6 Jan 2026, last updated 09:35, 14 Jan 2026

• Litter

  Ferrybridge Interchange, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0AF, United Kingdom. 21:29, 6 Jan 2026, last updated 08:21, 14 Jan 2026

• Pothole

  Durkar Interchange, M1, Crigglestone, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3QR, United Kingdom. Closed 05:23, 9 Jan 2026, last updated 15:21, 12 Jan 2026

• Litter on side of slip road

  M62, Hopetown, Whitwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF6 1TN, United Kingdom. 15:18, 3 Jan 2026

• Slip road and embankments

  M62, Micklefields, Cutsyke, Whitwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 5QG, United Kingdom. 06:07, 3 Jan 2026

• White lines

  A1, Darrington, Wentbridge, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 3JH, United Kingdom. Closed 04:44, 12 Dec 2025, last updated 08:09, 24 Dec 2025

• Hole

  A1, Upton and North Elmsall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 3JF, United Kingdom. 12:57, 16 Dec 2025, last updated 09:43, 22 Dec 2025

• Gate open near Emergency area

  M1, Crigglestone, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3BZ, United Kingdom. 11:20, 15 Dec 2025, last updated 09:18, 19 Dec 2025

• No over head gantry informing of road works

  M62, Ferrybridge, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 2FD, United Kingdom. Closed 07:33, 13 Dec 2025, last updated 10:05, 18 Dec 2025

• A frames

  Flushdyke Interchange, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9AE, United Kingdom. Closed 17:20, 13 Dec 2025, last updated 10:04, 16 Dec 2025

• Cats eyes

  M62, Featherstone, North Featherstone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 5ZF, United Kingdom. 23:00, 9 Dec 2025

• A frames down the banking

  M1, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9BX, United Kingdom. Closed 18:43, 8 Nov 2025, last updated 13:25, 11 Nov 2025

• Frames and cone bases etc

  Flushdyke Interchange, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9AE, United Kingdom. Closed 09:05, 31 Oct 2025, last updated 08:42, 6 Nov 2025

• Dead deer on grass verge, hard shoulder

  M62, Featherstone, North Featherstone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 5ZF, United Kingdom. 08:21, 9 Oct 2025, last updated 14:09, 14 Oct 2025

• Traffic Lights not working

  Flushdyke Interchange, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9SJ, United Kingdom. 10:28, 27 Sep 2025

• Dead black adult cat on hard shoulder

  M62, Ferrybridge, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0BE, United Kingdom. 11:02, 30 Aug 2025, last updated 08:09, 10 Sep 2025

• Japanese knot wood

  16, Howard Crescent, Crigglestone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3AH, United Kingdom. 18:02, 13 Jun 2025, last updated 13:23, 7 Aug 2025

• The area between Wakefield/Leeds M1 There is vegetarian build up around drainage areas central reservation causing rain water to collect with other traffic debris its all along the motorway causing blockages when heavy rain is present dirt & debris around drains .

  M1, Kirkhamgate, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9AP, United Kingdom. 13:57, 3 Aug 2025

• Bridge Joint - Bump

  M1, Crigglestone, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3QR, United Kingdom. Closed 23:46, 12 Jul 2025, last updated 10:12, 24 Jul 2025

• Dead ginger and white cat on the slip road on the m62 going towards Leeds jct31 at Normanton

  Normanton Interchange, Hopetown, Normanton and Altofts, Whitwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF6 1RN, United Kingdom. Closed 08:46, 23 Jul 2025, last updated 09:07, 24 Jul 2025

• Excavating near Bridge due to Gas Escape

  Barkers Fencing, Spittal Hardwick Lane, Glasshoughton, Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 3PY, United Kingdom. Closed 13:06, 16 Jul 2025, last updated 11:20, 17 Jul 2025

• Omg it is like a landfill site

  Moto Woolley Edge Services, Bramley Lane, West Bretton, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 4LQ, United Kingdom. Closed 12:47, 1 Jul 2025, last updated 13:37, 14 Jul 2025

• Overgrown weeds around the roundabout blocking view

  Costa, Ferrybridge Interchange, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0AF, United Kingdom. 19:15, 18 Jun 2025, last updated 12:37, 30 Jun 2025

• Tall trees

  M1, Crigglestone, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3BZ, United Kingdom. 18:06, 17 Jun 2025, last updated 15:02, 19 Jun 2025

• Growth severely blocking view

  M62, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0AF, United Kingdom. Closed 17:03, 11 Jun 2025, last updated 15:57, 18 Jun 2025

• Growth restricting roundabout view

  Ferrybridge Interchange, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0AF, United Kingdom. Closed 11:53, 26 May 2025, last updated 10:07, 28 May 2025

• Dead dog lane 3 and central verge

  M62, Darrington, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0NL, United Kingdom. Closed 09:32, 16 May 2025, last updated 10:40, 19 May 2025

• Vms

  M1, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9BX, United Kingdom. Fixed 23:19, 13 Mar 2025, last updated 10:39, 8 May 2025

• Computer chair

  M1, Crigglestone, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3QR, United Kingdom. Closed 07:55, 29 Apr 2025, last updated 14:21, 29 Apr 2025

• National issue

  M1, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9BX, United Kingdom. Closed 08:08, 27 Apr 2025, last updated 10:44, 29 Apr 2025

• Small Trailer Abandoned

  M62, Micklefields, Glasshoughton, North Featherstone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 5HX, United Kingdom. Closed 10:39, 26 Apr 2025, last updated 10:54, 28 Apr 2025

• Litter side of the slip road

  Normanton Interchange, Hopetown, Normanton and Altofts, Whitwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF6 1TL, United Kingdom. 15:38, 12 Apr 2025, last updated 12:01, 15 Apr 2025

• Boundary fence

  Grove Park, Crigglestone, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3PS, United Kingdom. Closed 13:22, 10 Apr 2025, last updated 12:57, 14 Apr 2025

• Speed cameras between jct39 / 40 M1 North Appear to Triggering Falsely

  M1, Ossett, WF4 3DF. 19:41, 11 Sep 2022, last updated 11:36, 21 Mar 2025

• Exit is closed eastbound

  M62, Micklefields, Cutsyke, Whitwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 5QG, United Kingdom. Closed 00:15, 11 Mar 2025, last updated 10:35, 21 Mar 2025

• Road work signage and sand bags

  Flushdyke Interchange, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9SJ, United Kingdom. 11:30, 17 Mar 2025, last updated 11:08, 20 Mar 2025

• Litter and Debris on the banking of the M1 at the side of the bridge at Junction 40 Ossett

  M1, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9BX, United Kingdom. 12:53, 17 Mar 2025, last updated 14:32, 19 Mar 2025

• Litter All the way around the roundabout access points

  Ferrybridge Interchange, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0AF, United Kingdom. Fixed 16:07, 4 Mar 2025, last updated 09:00, 12 Mar 2025

• Sign over lane 4

  M1, Flanshaw, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF2 8FS, United Kingdom. 21:08, 7 Mar 2025

• Grafitti on the blocks/hardcore southbound

  A1(M), Ferrybridge, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 8QJ, United Kingdom. 17:59, 5 Mar 2025, last updated 09:03, 7 Mar 2025

• Exit slip closed

  M1, Crigglestone, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3QR, United Kingdom. Closed 23:43, 19 Feb 2025, last updated 12:24, 24 Feb 2025

• Jnc 32 to 30

  M62, Glasshoughton, Castleford, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 4SR, United Kingdom. 10:31, 15 Feb 2025, last updated 15:56, 18 Feb 2025

• Heavy amounts of litter around all the slip roads

  Ferrybridge Interchange, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0BE, United Kingdom. 10:31, 15 Feb 2025, last updated 15:50, 18 Feb 2025

• Before wentbridge bridge in the roadworks on the left side of lane, can't avoid driving through it

  A1, Darrington, Wentbridge, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 3JH, United Kingdom. 18:02, 15 Feb 2025, last updated 14:54, 17 Feb 2025

• Sign has been hit and is pointing in wrong direction

  M1, Flanshaw, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF2 8FS, United Kingdom. Closed 20:46, 12 Feb 2025, last updated 13:11, 14 Feb 2025

• Large pot hole 40cm wide

  M1, Crigglestone, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3QR, United Kingdom. Closed 18:15, 12 Feb 2025, last updated 12:22, 14 Feb 2025

• Entry slip road jct 40M1 n/b

  Flushdyke Interchange, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9SJ, United Kingdom. 13:38, 7 Feb 2025, last updated 12:03, 12 Feb 2025

• Litter

  M1, Thornes, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3AB, United Kingdom. Closed 19:36, 2 Feb 2025, last updated 11:03, 11 Feb 2025

• Litter

  M1, Crigglestone, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3QR, United Kingdom. Closed 19:34, 2 Feb 2025, last updated 10:17, 11 Feb 2025

• Traffic gantry camera

  M1, Flanshaw, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 5RA, United Kingdom. 22:18, 13 Mar 2024, last updated 11:30, 5 Feb 2025

• Very large pot hoke

  M1, Crigglestone, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3QR, United Kingdom. Closed 17:46, 26 Jan 2025, last updated 09:29, 28 Jan 2025

• Deep pot hole

  M1, Crigglestone, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3QR, United Kingdom. Closed 18:13, 7 Jan 2025, last updated 16:11, 9 Jan 2025

• Blocked drain sliproad

  Old Great North Road, Wentbridge, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 3HU, United Kingdom. 23:33, 2 Jan 2025

• Cats eyes scattered and broken in all 3 lanes on A1, SOUTHBOUND

  A1, Darrington, Wentbridge, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 3JH, United Kingdom. Fixed 13:01, 23 Dec 2024, last updated 11:28, 24 Dec 2024

• Matrix board lit up

  M1, West Bretton, Great Cliff, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 4LQ, United Kingdom. Closed 11:42, 7 Nov 2024, last updated 14:41, 11 Nov 2024

• Growth affecting bridleway

  M1, Flanshaw, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 5RA, United Kingdom. 15:21, 4 Oct 2024, last updated 09:44, 18 Oct 2024

• Electronic sign malfunction

  M1, West Bretton, Great Cliff, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 4LQ, United Kingdom. Closed 13:31, 16 Oct 2024, last updated 16:33, 17 Oct 2024

• Ivy on motorway embankment invading my garden

  M1, Crigglestone, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3AL, United Kingdom. 22:55, 5 Sep 2024, last updated 09:47, 19 Sep 2024

• Cones and signs

  A1, Darrington, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 3DG, United Kingdom. 11:32, 1 Sep 2024, last updated 13:32, 6 Sep 2024

• Your trees in my land

  100, Howard Crescent, Crigglestone, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3AL, United Kingdom. 15:22, 23 Jul 2023, last updated 16:58, 16 Aug 2024

• All junctions at the M62 jct 33 / A162 roundabout

  Ferrybridge Interchange, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0AF, United Kingdom. Closed 14:14, 9 Aug 2024, last updated 12:30, 13 Aug 2024

• Digging into the motorway banking

  M1, Crigglestone, Great Cliff, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 4LQ, United Kingdom. Closed 11:08, 5 Aug 2024, last updated 13:25, 6 Aug 2024

• Growth blocking traffic signals on M1 Jun 40 Ossett

  Flushdyke Interchange, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9SJ, United Kingdom. Closed 14:23, 23 Jul 2024, last updated 10:57, 25 Jul 2024

• Growth obscuring road signs and traffic lights

  Flushdyke Interchange, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9SJ, United Kingdom. 16:29, 16 Jul 2024, last updated 12:14, 23 Jul 2024

• Just after the northbound jct 40 a wildfire thats been left

  M1, Flanshaw, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 5RA, United Kingdom. Closed 22:00, 22 Jun 2024, last updated 10:58, 24 Jun 2024

• Large Animal

  M1, Crigglestone, Great Cliff, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 4LQ, United Kingdom. Fixed 22:24, 27 May 2024, last updated 16:53, 19 Jun 2024

• Multiple potholes in this vicinity

  MVN2/225A, M1, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF2 8LB, United Kingdom. Closed 18:51, 11 Jun 2024, last updated 11:37, 17 Jun 2024

• Light out. Long grass overhanging footpath

  Old Great North Road, Darrington, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 3HS, United Kingdom. Closed 15:58, 1 Jun 2024, last updated 12:18, 3 Jun 2024

• Trees and Vegetation catching paintwork on Horsebox

  Darrington, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 3HS, United Kingdom. Closed 12:26, 28 May 2024, last updated 09:53, 3 Jun 2024

• Pothole

  Moto Woolley Edge Services, Bramley Lane, Beacon Hill Farm, Woolley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 2LT, United Kingdom. 14:50, 28 May 2024, last updated 10:55, 31 May 2024

• Large animal

  M1, Crigglestone, Great Cliff, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 4LQ, United Kingdom. 22:24, 27 May 2024

• Left hand lane heading north far after J39

  M1, Thornes, Durkar, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3QR, United Kingdom. Closed 09:39, 19 May 2024, last updated 14:15, 20 May 2024

• M1 before J40

  M1, Flanshaw, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 5RA, United Kingdom. Closed 21:38, 13 May 2024, last updated 11:40, 14 May 2024

• Speed camera faulty

  M1, Flanshaw, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 5RA, United Kingdom. Closed 21:41, 13 May 2024, last updated 11:12, 14 May 2024

• Why is junction 32 eastbound entry slip advertised to be closed on the website and flashing lights but at 22:30 remains open.

  M62, Glasshoughton, Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 4RY, United Kingdom. Closed 23:09, 1 May 2024, last updated 10:19, 8 May 2024

• Item on left lane

  M62, Knottingley, Wakefield, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0BB, United Kingdom. Closed 02:47, 26 Apr 2024, last updated 09:57, 30 Apr 2024

• Litter on slip road

  Normanton Interchange, Hopetown, Normanton, Whitwood, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF6 1RN, United Kingdom. 05:13, 29 Apr 2024

• Pothole

  M1, Crigglestone, Great Cliff, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 4LQ, United Kingdom. Closed 16:14, 8 Apr 2024, last updated 09:56, 16 Apr 2024

• Noise from uneven road north bound J39

  M1, Crigglestone, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3PS, United Kingdom. Closed 15:20, 22 Mar 2024, last updated 11:19, 8 Apr 2024

• Multiple potholes and degraded road surface

  Castleford Interchange, Glasshoughton, Castleford, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 4RS, United Kingdom. Closed 20:23, 21 Mar 2024, last updated 14:35, 5 Apr 2024

• Litter between M1 Wakefield and M42 turn off South and North bound.

  M1, Flanshaw, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 5RA, United Kingdom. Closed 15:45, 15 Mar 2024, last updated 14:52, 2 Apr 2024

• Mid size pothole middle lane Eastbound

  M62, Knottingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF11 0AF, United Kingdom. Closed 16:59, 15 Mar 2024, last updated 11:38, 26 Mar 2024

• Central reservation debris, silt and vegetation between J39 and J42 M1

  M1, Kirkhamgate, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9SJ, United Kingdom. 11:22, 1 Mar 2024, last updated 14:13, 12 Mar 2024

• Large Metal fence panel

  M1, Lupset, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 5RD, United Kingdom. 16:19, 10 Mar 2024, last updated 12:13, 12 Mar 2024
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  Large blue sheet/tarpaulin around armcore barrier to of banking next to SOS layby could blow into motorway and cause a accident there's been maintenance for 3 nights this week and roadworkers vehicles parkes in that layby an nobody's bother to move it also banki

  M1, Lupset, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 5RD, United Kingdom. Closed 17:11, 9 Mar 2024, last updated 12:06, 12 Mar 2024

• Under bridge from mill lane normanton/whitwood

  M62, Hopetown, Normanton, Altofts, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF6 1RF, United Kingdom. Closed 10:36, 7 Mar 2024, last updated 10:06, 12 Mar 2024

• Pigeons under the Motorway bridge

  Queens Drive, Alverthorpe, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9BX, United Kingdom. 07:03, 8 Mar 2024

• West bound the large info sign long loose cable dangling down

  M62, Hopetown, Normanton, Altofts, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF6 1RF, United Kingdom. Closed 15:09, 28 Feb 2024, last updated 11:01, 29 Feb 2024

• Workforce tossing it off

  A1, North Elmsall, Wentbridge, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 3JD, United Kingdom. Closed 08:53, 17 Feb 2024, last updated 15:18, 21 Feb 2024

• Delay in lights

  M1, Crigglestone, Great Cliff, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 4LQ, United Kingdom. 16:05, 30 Jan 2024, last updated 20:31, 3 Feb 2024

• Pothole

  M1, Crigglestone, Calder Grove, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 3PS, United Kingdom. Closed 20:29, 26 Jan 2024, last updated 15:40, 30 Jan 2024

• Pothole

  Castleford Interchange, Glasshoughton, Castleford, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 4RS, United Kingdom. 18:55, 24 Jan 2024, last updated 12:06, 30 Jan 2024

• Large metal fence panel

  M1, Lupset, Horbury, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF4 5RD, United Kingdom. Closed 17:23, 20 Jan 2024, last updated 10:36, 25 Jan 2024

• Possible cone rolling on to the fast lane

  Pontefract Racecourse, Park Road, Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF8 4SR, United Kingdom. 13:27, 13 Jan 2024

• Pothole

  M1, Kirkhamgate, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9SJ, United Kingdom. Closed 12:44, 7 Jan 2024, last updated 12:27, 9 Jan 2024

• Tyre debris

  M62, Micklefields, Featherstone, North Featherstone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 5ZP, United Kingdom. Closed 10:53, 8 Dec 2023, last updated 10:56, 13 Dec 2023

• Multiple motorway lights not working

  M62, Glasshoughton, Pontefract, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF10 4RY, United Kingdom. Closed 19:10, 9 Dec 2023, last updated 15:17, 11 Dec 2023

• Traffic lights not working

  Flushdyke Interchange, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, WF5 9SJ, United Kingdom. Closed 14:06, 20 Nov 2023, last updated 09:07, 23 Nov 2023