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Harrogate road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 298 road traffic collisions in Harrogate in 2025, and 408 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 68 were serious.

Collisions were up 22% on 2024 (244), and casualties rose from 335.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 26,002 collisions in Harrogate.

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

Collisions in 2025
298
Up 22% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
408
Up 22% on 2024
Fatal collisions
7
2.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
68
23% of collisions

Crash severity in Harrogate in 2025

2.3% of collisions in Harrogate in 2025 were fatal and 23% serious, against 2.3% and 25% in Harrogate from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal72.3%
  • Serious6823%
  • Slight22375%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal71.7%
  • Serious7518%
  • Slight32680%

Harrogate road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Harrogate, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 798 in 1989. 2025 is highlighted, with 298, up 22% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 298
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025298408
2024244335
2023284409
2022196277
2021233309
2020219301
2019278399
2018339472
2017408578
2016438626
2015457657
2014446604
2013457645
2012457650
2011469712
2010439646
2009471685
2008482698
2007558849
2006537805
2005544763
2004655932
20036921,004
20027181,073
2001653947
20006991,053
19997201,105
19987251,032
19976901,121
1996691951
19957081,008
19947471,136
1993628910
19926431,003
1991667998
19907261,100
19897981,213
19886911,022
1987627911
1986654999
1985647980
1984666979
1983619869
1982689988
1981665944
1980652926
1979678998

When and where crashes happen in Harrogate in 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday38 (13%)
  • Tuesday48 (16%)
  • Wednesday40 (13%)
  • Thursday54 (18%)
  • Friday48 (16%)
  • Saturday29 (9.7%)
  • Sunday41 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5910 (3.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (2.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5945 (15%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5951 (17%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5953 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5980 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5927 (9.1%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5925 (8.4%)

Collisions by month

  • January26 (8.7%)
  • February16 (5.4%)
  • March26 (8.7%)
  • April23 (7.7%)
  • May22 (7.4%)
  • June26 (8.7%)
  • July27 (9.1%)
  • August27 (9.1%)
  • September22 (7.4%)
  • October29 (9.7%)
  • November24 (8.1%)
  • December30 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight224 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting35 (12%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds251 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Other4 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (1%)

Road surface

  • Dry214 (72%)
  • Wet or damp75 (25%)
  • Frost or ice6 (2%)
  • Snow3 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (2%)
  • 30 mph113 (38%)
  • 40 mph12 (4%)
  • 50 mph7 (2.3%)
  • 60 mph141 (47%)
  • 70 mph19 (6.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway260 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway18 (6%)
  • Roundabout13 (4.4%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Harrogate in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant235 (58%)
  • Pedestrian51 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist47 (12%)
  • Van occupant31 (7.6%)
  • Cyclist25 (6.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 57 (1.7%)
  • 6 to 104 (1%)
  • 11 to 1511 (2.7%)
  • 16 to 2050 (12%)
  • 21 to 2538 (9.3%)
  • 26 to 3563 (15%)
  • 36 to 4555 (13%)
  • 46 to 5567 (16%)
  • 56 to 6541 (10%)
  • 66 to 7532 (7.8%)
  • Over 7539 (9.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider278 (68%)
  • Passenger79 (19%)
  • Pedestrian51 (13%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car366 (69%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes60 (11%)
  • Motorcycle46 (8.7%)
  • Pedal cycle26 (4.9%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes12 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car10 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach5 (0.9%)
  • Agricultural vehicle4 (0.8%)
  • Mobility scooter1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Harrogate in 2025

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

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 Harrogate in 2025

Valley Gardens & Central Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5LQ area was the busiest accident hotspot in Harrogate in 2025, with 17 collisions, 4 of them serious.

Roads in Harrogate with the most crashes in 2025

The A59 had the most collisions in Harrogate in 2025: 49, including 2 fatal and 7 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Harrogate, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA59496927
2ndA61253717
3rdA658204002
4thA1(M)182712
5thA661151805
6thB6265142114
7thB616191113
8thA61087802
9thA16861112
10thB61626902
11thB61656702
12thA60554802
13thB64514502
14thB12242200
15thB61632200
16thB61642300
17thA1671100
18thA60401100

Towns in Harrogate: crashes in 2025

Harrogate itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2025: 72.

Postcode districts in Harrogate: crashes in 2025

HG3 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Harrogate in 2025: 65.

North Yorkshire and its former districts in 2025

North Yorkshire recorded 1,159 collisions in 2025, and 26% of them were in the old Harrogate district.

Other former districts in North Yorkshire

Latest crashes in Harrogate in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Harrogate in 2025, none were fatal and 5 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2025.

Severity

Harrogate road accidents in other years