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East Riding of Yorkshire road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 44,886 road traffic collisions in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1979 to 2025, and 63,658 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1,122 were fatal and 9,646 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 600 collisions, level with 2024, and casualties rose from 813 to 837.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
44,886
46th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
63,658
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
1,122
2.5% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
600
Level with 2024

Crash severity in the East Riding of Yorkshire

2.5% of collisions in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 21% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal1,1222.5%
  • Serious9,64621%
  • Slight34,11876%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal1,2442%
  • Serious11,70318%
  • Slight50,71180%

East Riding of Yorkshire road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,352 in 1989. In 2025 there were 600, level with 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025600837
2024600813
2023577801
2022589818
2021568749
2020495648
2019686935
2018684965
2017702958
20167741,132
20157621,156
20148371,211
20138071,139
20127951,157
20118521,249
20107921,215
20097661,145
20088281,196
20078301,259
20068081,215
20059171,395
20041,0111,432
20031,1541,659
20021,1861,673
20011,1311,564
20001,0631,544
19991,0821,555
19981,1911,668
19971,1401,610
19961,1911,657
19951,0761,530
19941,0521,513
19931,0261,546
19921,1461,630
19911,1441,642
19901,2751,739
19891,3521,946
19881,1871,610
19871,1531,602
19861,2251,693
19851,1261,573
19841,1471,527
19831,0621,489
19821,1441,626
19811,1091,516
19801,1751,642
19791,0691,479

When and where crashes happen in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday6,183 (14%)
  • Tuesday6,087 (14%)
  • Wednesday6,377 (14%)
  • Thursday6,499 (14%)
  • Friday7,429 (17%)
  • Saturday6,387 (14%)
  • Sunday5,924 (13%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591,553 (3.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59727 (1.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:595,851 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:596,794 (15%)
  • 12:00 to 14:598,181 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5911,392 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:596,520 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:593,868 (8.6%)

Collisions by month

  • January3,516 (7.8%)
  • February3,081 (6.9%)
  • March3,421 (7.6%)
  • April3,466 (7.7%)
  • May3,865 (8.6%)
  • June3,917 (8.7%)
  • July4,157 (9.3%)
  • August4,153 (9.3%)
  • September3,895 (8.7%)
  • October3,824 (8.5%)
  • November3,957 (8.8%)
  • December3,634 (8.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight33,185 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit5,957 (13%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5,225 (12%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown363 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit133 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded23 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds36,690 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds5,014 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds763 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist705 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds436 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds409 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds131 (0.3%)
  • Other484 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded254 (0.6%)

Road surface

  • Dry28,433 (63%)
  • Wet or damp14,141 (32%)
  • Frost or ice1,728 (3.8%)
  • Snow469 (1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep45 (0.1%)
  • Mud24 (0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel17 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded29 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph7 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph598 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph19,052 (42%)
  • 40 mph3,493 (7.8%)
  • 50 mph804 (1.8%)
  • 60 mph18,559 (41%)
  • 70 mph2,333 (5.2%)
  • Not recorded39 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway38,143 (85%)
  • Dual carriageway3,558 (7.9%)
  • Roundabout2,494 (5.6%)
  • One way street or slip road614 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded77 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant38,722 (61%)
  • Motorcyclist8,338 (13%)
  • Cyclist6,047 (9.5%)
  • Pedestrian5,643 (8.9%)
  • Van occupant2,014 (3.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1,092 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)954 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant259 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant257 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant147 (0.2%)
  • Other172 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded13 (under 0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,385 (2.2%)
  • 6 to 102,358 (3.7%)
  • 11 to 154,001 (6.3%)
  • 16 to 2012,433 (20%)
  • 21 to 257,456 (12%)
  • 26 to 3510,256 (16%)
  • 36 to 458,028 (13%)
  • 46 to 556,456 (10%)
  • 56 to 654,905 (7.7%)
  • 66 to 753,298 (5.2%)
  • Over 752,569 (4%)
  • Not recorded513 (0.8%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider39,927 (63%)
  • Passenger18,088 (28%)
  • Pedestrian5,643 (8.9%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car54,556 (69%)
  • Motorcycle8,326 (11%)
  • Pedal cycle6,273 (7.9%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes3,983 (5%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes3,317 (4.2%)
  • Bus or coach1,085 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle617 (0.8%)
  • Agricultural vehicle231 (0.3%)
  • Minibus214 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car209 (0.3%)
  • Other246 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded6 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in the East Riding of Yorkshire

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How the East Riding of Yorkshire ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, the East Riding of Yorkshire had the 46th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
46th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
33rd
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
16th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
25th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
43rdGreenwich46,08556,7944496,907
44thDoncaster45,96463,0448117,043
45thHaringey45,11753,2293216,013
46thEast Riding of Yorkshire (this area)44,88663,6581,1229,646
47thWakefield44,86962,0488198,814
48thRedbridge44,19956,2653775,794
49thWirral43,86559,3075107,094

Accident hotspots in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Bridlington South, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO15 3EU area is the busiest accident hotspot in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with 586 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 5 of them fatal.

Roads in the East Riding of Yorkshire with the most crashes

The A614 had the most collisions in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1979 to 2025: 2,348, including 90 fatal and 519 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6142,3483,71790519
2ndA1642,2923,27453431
3rdA1652,1863,62077522
4thA10791,9263,13074453
5thA631,6252,41544322
6thA10331,4822,22045348
7thA1661,2162,03161297
8thB12301,0431,58139266
9thM629611,60341179
10thB12427941,26420218
11thA11747421,04414152
12thB12497281,15230191
13thA10357111,09615152
14thA16357294335134
15thA16155673018123
16thB13625307878139
17thA103448973612118
18thB124845283030134
19thA1038432512669
20thA1105382491460

Towns in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Bridlington had the most collisions of any town in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1979 to 2025: 3,102.

Postcode districts in the East Riding of Yorkshire

DN14 had the most collisions of any postcode district in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1979 to 2025: 5,863.

Latest crashes in the East Riding of Yorkshire

Of the latest 24 crashes in the East Riding of Yorkshire, 2 were fatal and 6 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity