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Craven road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 143 road traffic collisions in Craven in 2025, and 182 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 44 were serious.

Collisions were up 21% on 2024 (118), and casualties rose from 163.

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 2025
143
Up 21% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
182
Up 12% on 2024
Fatal collisions
6
4.2% of collisions
Serious collisions
44
31% of collisions

Crash severity in Craven in 2025

4.2% of collisions in Craven in 2025 were fatal and 31% serious, against 3.2% and 29% in Craven from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal64.2%
  • Serious4431%
  • Slight9365%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal63.3%
  • Serious5027%
  • Slight12669%

Craven road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Craven, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 329 in 1996. 2025 is highlighted, with 143, up 21% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 143
  • 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 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday12 (8.4%)
  • Tuesday17 (12%)
  • Wednesday20 (14%)
  • Thursday24 (17%)
  • Friday19 (13%)
  • Saturday26 (18%)
  • Sunday25 (17%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:596 (4.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (1.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:596 (4.2%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5936 (25%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5934 (24%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5940 (28%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5912 (8.4%)
  • 21:00 to 23:597 (4.9%)

Collisions by month

  • January7 (4.9%)
  • February5 (3.5%)
  • March11 (7.7%)
  • April12 (8.4%)
  • May24 (17%)
  • June16 (11%)
  • July10 (7%)
  • August20 (14%)
  • September14 (9.8%)
  • October10 (7%)
  • November5 (3.5%)
  • December9 (6.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight120 (84%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (9.1%)
  • Dark, street lights lit10 (7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds130 (91%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Other1 (0.7%)

Road surface

  • Dry119 (83%)
  • Wet or damp22 (15%)
  • Frost or ice2 (1.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph41 (29%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph98 (69%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway132 (92%)
  • Roundabout9 (6.3%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Craven in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant102 (56%)
  • Motorcyclist42 (23%)
  • Pedestrian14 (7.7%)
  • Cyclist9 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.1%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.5%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 52 (1.1%)
  • 11 to 155 (2.7%)
  • 16 to 2013 (7.1%)
  • 21 to 2514 (7.7%)
  • 26 to 3522 (12%)
  • 36 to 4525 (14%)
  • 46 to 5522 (12%)
  • 56 to 6529 (16%)
  • 66 to 7521 (12%)
  • Over 7529 (16%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider136 (75%)
  • Passenger32 (18%)
  • Pedestrian14 (7.7%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car156 (63%)
  • Motorcycle41 (17%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes23 (9.3%)
  • Pedal cycle10 (4%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes7 (2.8%)
  • Agricultural vehicle2 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach2 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2 (0.8%)
  • Mobility scooter1 (0.4%)
  • Ridden horse1 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Craven in 2025

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2025 and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Craven

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

Accident hotspots in Craven in 2025

Skipton North & Embsay-with-Eastby, North Yorkshire, BD23 1RD area was the busiest accident hotspot in Craven in 2025, with 10 collisions, 5 of them serious.

Roads in Craven with the most crashes in 2025

The A65 had the most collisions in Craven in 2025: 32, including 4 fatal and 12 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Craven, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA653240412
2ndB6265101404
3rdA5981002
4thA62971100
5thA60686901
6thB64796705
7thB64806620
8thB61605502
9thA61314403
10thA60693302
11thA6823401
12thB62553401
13thA562400
14thA6872201
15thB64781100

Towns in Craven: crashes in 2025

Skipton had the most collisions of any town in Craven in 2025: 12.

Postcode districts in Craven: crashes in 2025

BD23 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Craven in 2025: 74.

North Yorkshire and its former districts in 2025

North Yorkshire recorded 1,159 collisions in 2025, and 12% of them were in the old Craven district.

Other former districts in North Yorkshire

Latest crashes in Craven in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Craven in 2025, none were fatal and 3 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2025.

Severity

Craven road accidents in other years