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Whitby West, North Yorkshire, YO21 1HU area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
98
8,077th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
133
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the YO21 1HU hotspot

17 of the 98 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11%
  • Serious1616%
  • Slight8183%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
16
Slightly injured
116
All casualties
133

Accidents by year at the YO21 1HU hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 11 in 2016, against an average of 3.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the YO21 1HU hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202424
202323
202236
202177
202022
201922
201855
201723
20161112
201557
201422
201347
201244
201122
201044
200955
200869
200711
200647
200545
200468
200358
2002512
200147

Map of crashes at the YO21 1HU hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near YO21 1HU.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Whitby West, North Yorkshire, YO21 1HU area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the YO21 1HU 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
Whitby West
Council area
North Yorkshire
Nearest postcode to the centre
YO21 1HU
Postcode district
YO21
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.48482, -0.63419
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
27 June 2025
Rank by collisions
8,077th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the YO21 1HU hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A171, with 27 of 98, followed by the A174 with 20.

Collisions at the YO21 1HU hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA171274206
2ndA174202802
3rdB1460151704
4thB141691001

Towns near the YO21 1HU hotspot

93 of the 98 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Whitby.

All 98 crashes at the YO21 1HU hotspot

Newest first, from 31 March 2001 to 27 June 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year