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Knaresborough West, North Yorkshire, HG5 8QB area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
95
8,324th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
135
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the HG5 8QB hotspot

23 of the 95 collisions here (24%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2324%
  • Slight7276%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
28
Slightly injured
107
All casualties
135

Accidents by year at the HG5 8QB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2016, against an average of 3.8 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the HG5 8QB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202444
202346
202233
202111
202034
201922
201822
2017611
2016914
201500
2014610
201346
2012810
201134
201011
200924
200833
200759
200622
200568
200455
2003611
200259
200111

Map of crashes at the HG5 8QB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near HG5 8QB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Knaresborough West, North Yorkshire, HG5 8QB area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the HG5 8QB hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Knaresborough West
Council area
North Yorkshire
Nearest postcode to the centre
HG5 8QB
Postcode district
HG5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.0012, -1.44312
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
19 December 2025
Rank by collisions
8,324th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the HG5 8QB hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A658, with 45 of 95, followed by the A59 with 18.

Collisions at the HG5 8QB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6584574010
2ndA59182405
3rdB6164161704
4thA6611100

Towns near the HG5 8QB hotspot

48 of the 95 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Knaresborough.

All 95 crashes at the HG5 8QB hotspot

Newest first, from 19 August 2001 to 19 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year