Skip to main content
CrashStats

Craven road accidents in 1980: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 266 road traffic collisions in Craven in 1980, and 425 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 122 were serious.

Collisions were up 9% on 1979 (245), and casualties rose from 385.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 10,398 collisions in Craven.

District council until April 2023, now part of North Yorkshire. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 1980
266
Up 9% on 1979
Casualties in 1980
425
Up 10% on 1979
Fatal collisions
9
3.4% of collisions
Serious collisions
122
46% of collisions

Crash severity in Craven in 1980

3.4% of collisions in Craven in 1980 were fatal and 46% serious, against 3.2% and 29% in Craven from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal93.4%
  • Serious12246%
  • Slight13551%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal102.4%
  • Serious16138%
  • Slight25460%

Craven road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Craven, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 329 in 1996. 1980 is highlighted, with 266, up 9% on 1979.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1980
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025143182
2024118163
2023142186
202275103
2021103142
2020102138
201983118
2018150238
2017160224
2016179236
2015161216
2014177220
2013177251
2012160214
2011157215
2010186272
2009183266
2008213298
2007229360
2006237362
2005230361
2004255363
2003305440
2002289423
2001288433
2000284429
1999302436
1998315476
1997300464
1996329499
1995296534
1994295438
1993260402
1992235369
1991274385
1990306471
1989278449
1988266435
1987253383
1986241359
1985204313
1984198319
1983219322
1982273416
1981257423
1980266425
1979245385

When and where crashes happen in Craven in 1980

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (12%)
  • Tuesday22 (8.3%)
  • Wednesday19 (7.1%)
  • Thursday38 (14%)
  • Friday46 (17%)
  • Saturday42 (16%)
  • Sunday68 (26%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5920 (7.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (1.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5924 (9%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5941 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5954 (20%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5957 (21%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5931 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5936 (14%)

Collisions by month

  • January26 (9.8%)
  • February12 (4.5%)
  • March16 (6%)
  • April20 (7.5%)
  • May25 (9.4%)
  • June25 (9.4%)
  • July17 (6.4%)
  • August29 (11%)
  • September34 (13%)
  • October28 (11%)
  • November20 (7.5%)
  • December14 (5.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight178 (67%)
  • Dark, no street lighting52 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds203 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds35 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (3%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.4%)
  • Other6 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry162 (61%)
  • Wet or damp90 (34%)
  • Frost or ice11 (4.1%)
  • Snow3 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph85 (32%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph114 (43%)
  • 70 mph65 (24%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway258 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.5%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Craven in 1980

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant249 (59%)
  • Motorcyclist96 (23%)
  • Pedestrian33 (7.8%)
  • Van occupant23 (5.4%)
  • Cyclist15 (3.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 55 (1.2%)
  • 6 to 108 (1.9%)
  • 11 to 1514 (3.3%)
  • 16 to 20132 (31%)
  • 21 to 2574 (17%)
  • 26 to 3565 (15%)
  • 36 to 4530 (7.1%)
  • 46 to 5534 (8%)
  • 56 to 6531 (7.3%)
  • 66 to 7524 (5.6%)
  • Over 758 (1.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider239 (56%)
  • Passenger153 (36%)
  • Pedestrian33 (7.8%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car291 (62%)
  • Motorcycle87 (19%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes36 (7.7%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes25 (5.3%)
  • Pedal cycle15 (3.2%)
  • Bus or coach8 (1.7%)
  • Minibus3 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle3 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Craven in 1980

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1980 in Craven

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Craven with the most crashes in 1980

The A65 had the most collisions in Craven in 1980: 59, including 1 fatal and 25 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Craven, 1980
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6559105125
2ndA592847013
3rdA6292540110
4thB6265183118
5thA6068163208
6thB61607804
7thB62556803
8thB64796913
9thB64806702
10thA6824703
11thA60693302
12thA562201
13thA6872301
14thB61722201
15thA6661200
16thB62521100

Towns in Craven: crashes in 1980

Skipton had the most collisions of any town in Craven in 1980: 40.

Postcode districts in Craven: crashes in 1980

BD23 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Craven in 1980: 149.

North Yorkshire and its former districts in 1980

North Yorkshire recorded 2,672 collisions in 1980, and 10% of them were in the old Craven district.

Other former districts in North Yorkshire

Latest crashes in Craven in 1980

Of the last 24 crashes in Craven in 1980, 1 was fatal and 12 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1980.

Severity

Craven road accidents in other years