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Scarborough road accidents in 2025: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 182 road traffic collisions in Scarborough in 2025, and 213 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 39 were serious.

Collisions were up 6% on 2024 (171), and casualties fell from 217.

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 2025
182
Up 6% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
213
Down 2% on 2024
Fatal collisions
6
3.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
39
21% of collisions

Crash severity in Scarborough in 2025

3.3% of collisions in Scarborough in 2025 were fatal and 21% serious, against 1.8% and 31% in Scarborough from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal63.3%
  • Serious3921%
  • Slight13775%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal62.8%
  • Serious4019%
  • Slight16778%

Scarborough road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Scarborough, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 462 in 1986. 2025 is highlighted, with 182, up 6% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 182
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

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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 2025

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (12%)
  • Tuesday23 (13%)
  • Wednesday33 (18%)
  • Thursday23 (13%)
  • Friday34 (19%)
  • Saturday21 (12%)
  • Sunday26 (14%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:593 (1.6%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (1.1%)
  • 06:00 to 08:598 (4.4%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5934 (19%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5942 (23%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5956 (31%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5922 (12%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5915 (8.2%)

Collisions by month

  • January12 (6.6%)
  • February11 (6%)
  • March14 (7.7%)
  • April11 (6%)
  • May17 (9.3%)
  • June18 (9.9%)
  • July21 (12%)
  • August20 (11%)
  • September17 (9.3%)
  • October17 (9.3%)
  • November9 (4.9%)
  • December15 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight142 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit27 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (4.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds155 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (8.2%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other3 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Road surface

  • Dry139 (76%)
  • Wet or damp41 (23%)
  • Frost or ice1 (0.5%)
  • Snow1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (4.9%)
  • 30 mph120 (66%)
  • 40 mph9 (4.9%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph43 (24%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway168 (92%)
  • Roundabout8 (4.4%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Scarborough in 2025

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant92 (43%)
  • Pedestrian52 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (13%)
  • Cyclist27 (13%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.9%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.9%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 56 (2.8%)
  • 6 to 1011 (5.2%)
  • 11 to 1510 (4.7%)
  • 16 to 2019 (8.9%)
  • 21 to 2522 (10%)
  • 26 to 3526 (12%)
  • 36 to 4521 (9.9%)
  • 46 to 5523 (11%)
  • 56 to 6520 (9.4%)
  • 66 to 7526 (12%)
  • Over 7529 (14%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider123 (58%)
  • Pedestrian52 (24%)
  • Passenger38 (18%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car190 (63%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes37 (12%)
  • Motorcycle29 (9.6%)
  • Pedal cycle27 (9%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes6 (2%)
  • Mobility scooter4 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach3 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car2 (0.7%)
  • Agricultural vehicle1 (0.3%)
  • Minibus1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Scarborough in 2025

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

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 Scarborough in 2025

Castle, North Yorkshire, YO11 1JR area was the busiest accident hotspot in Scarborough in 2025, with 25 collisions, 1 of them fatal.

Roads in Scarborough with the most crashes in 2025

The A171 had the most collisions in Scarborough in 2025: 26, including 1 fatal and 6 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Scarborough, 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA171263316
2ndA165151711
3rdA64101103
4thA1709903
5thB126181004
6thB13646701
7thA1745601
8thA10394610
9thA1692310
10thB14101100
11thB14161101
12thB14601100

Towns in Scarborough: crashes in 2025

Scarborough itself had the most collisions of any town in the area in 2025: 78.

Postcode districts in Scarborough: crashes in 2025

YO12 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Scarborough in 2025: 54.

North Yorkshire and its former districts in 2025

North Yorkshire recorded 1,159 collisions in 2025, and 16% of them were in the old Scarborough district.

Other former districts in North Yorkshire

Latest crashes in Scarborough in 2025

Of the last 24 crashes in Scarborough in 2025, none were fatal and 7 were serious. The last was on 31 December 2025.

Severity

Scarborough road accidents in other years