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Scarborough road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 437 road traffic collisions in Scarborough in 1979, and 629 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 172 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 15,436 collisions in Scarborough.

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

Collisions in 1979
437
Casualties in 1979
629
Fatal collisions
9
2.1% of collisions
Serious collisions
172
39% of collisions

Crash severity in Scarborough in 1979

2.1% of collisions in Scarborough in 1979 were fatal and 39% serious, against 1.8% and 31% in Scarborough from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal92.1%
  • Serious17239%
  • Slight25659%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal91.4%
  • Serious22936%
  • Slight39162%

Scarborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Scarborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 462 in 1986. 1979 is highlighted, with 437.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025182213
2024171217
2023206285
2022152202
2021186242
2020159194
2019152209
2018192230
2017225298
2016219291
2015245346
2014218291
2013222293
2012257346
2011229315
2010287398
2009301428
2008308414
2007315454
2006297392
2005335502
2004374538
2003374506
2002393566
2001383595
2000419573
1999392565
1998413595
1997422647
1996392576
1995390568
1994387552
1993393588
1992408608
1991381563
1990398560
1989436607
1988410606
1987413566
1986462668
1985377531
1984390533
1983419560
1982439610
1981457624
1980419575
1979437629

When and where crashes happen in Scarborough in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (11%)
  • Tuesday61 (14%)
  • Wednesday62 (14%)
  • Thursday65 (15%)
  • Friday60 (14%)
  • Saturday77 (18%)
  • Sunday64 (15%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5922 (5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:597 (1.6%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5929 (6.6%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5962 (14%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5988 (20%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59119 (27%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5959 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5951 (12%)

Collisions by month

  • January22 (5%)
  • February27 (6.2%)
  • March20 (4.6%)
  • April33 (7.6%)
  • May37 (8.5%)
  • June54 (12%)
  • July62 (14%)
  • August63 (14%)
  • September41 (9.4%)
  • October27 (6.2%)
  • November28 (6.4%)
  • December23 (5.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight327 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit66 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting42 (9.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds367 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (9.4%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds7 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other6 (1.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry300 (69%)
  • Wet or damp102 (23%)
  • Frost or ice22 (5%)
  • Snow12 (2.7%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph294 (67%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.4%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 70 mph134 (31%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway380 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (5.5%)
  • One way street or slip road20 (4.6%)
  • Roundabout11 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Scarborough in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant250 (40%)
  • Motorcyclist162 (26%)
  • Pedestrian122 (19%)
  • Cyclist35 (5.6%)
  • Van occupant28 (4.5%)
  • Minibus occupant20 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 519 (3%)
  • 6 to 1038 (6%)
  • 11 to 1546 (7.3%)
  • 16 to 20200 (32%)
  • 21 to 2567 (11%)
  • 26 to 3568 (11%)
  • 36 to 4540 (6.4%)
  • 46 to 5562 (9.9%)
  • 56 to 6527 (4.3%)
  • 66 to 7542 (6.7%)
  • Over 7520 (3.2%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider295 (47%)
  • Passenger212 (34%)
  • Pedestrian122 (19%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car453 (61%)
  • Motorcycle157 (21%)
  • Pedal cycle39 (5.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes37 (5%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes20 (2.7%)
  • Bus or coach15 (2%)
  • Minibus10 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle4 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Scarborough in 1979

Map of the last 23 crashes of 1979 in Scarborough

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

  • 23 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Scarborough with the most crashes in 1979

The A171 had the most collisions in Scarborough in 1979: 67, including 2 fatal and 30 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Scarborough, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA17167121230
2ndA1656490232
3rdA645067019
4thB1364202306
5thA170162716
6thA174102615
7thB14168902
8thA103961105
9thB12616601
10thA1691100
11thB14471200

Towns in Scarborough: crashes in 1979

Scarborough itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 1979: 222.

Postcode districts in Scarborough: crashes in 1979

YO12 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Scarborough in 1979: 150.

North Yorkshire and its former districts in 1979

North Yorkshire recorded 2,625 collisions in 1979, and 17% of them were in the old Scarborough district.

Other former districts in North Yorkshire

Latest crashes in Scarborough in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Scarborough in 1979, none were fatal and 9 were serious. The last was on 30 December 1979.

Severity

Scarborough road accidents in other years