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HG4 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,930 road traffic collisions in the HG4 postcode district, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,085 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 72 were fatal and 767 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 46 collisions, up 44% on 2024 (32).

Collisions since 1979
2,930
1,343rd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,085
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
72
76 people killed
Serious collisions
767
977 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
46
Up 44% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
60
Up 25% on 2024

Road collision statistics for HG4

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal722.5%
  • Serious76726%
  • Slight2,09171%

What the data shows

  • HG4 had 398 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 536 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in HG4 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 436 children under 16 were killed or injured in HG4, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in HG4.

Where HG4 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,343rd
Most casualties
1,289th
Most fatal collisions
639th
Most serious collisions
805th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday373 (13%)
  • Tuesday407 (14%)
  • Wednesday393 (13%)
  • Thursday455 (16%)
  • Friday467 (16%)
  • Saturday465 (16%)
  • Sunday370 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,185 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting410 (14%)
  • Dark, street lights lit293 (10%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown34 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,613 (89%)
  • One way street or slip road110 (3.8%)
  • Dual carriageway104 (3.5%)
  • Roundabout89 (3%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph20 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph1,230 (42%)
  • 40 mph121 (4.1%)
  • 50 mph29 (1%)
  • 60 mph1,407 (48%)
  • 70 mph123 (4.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,331 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds335 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds63 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds60 (2%)
  • Fog or mist40 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds21 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds9 (0.3%)
  • Other41 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded30 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,470 (60%)
  • Motorcyclist545 (13%)
  • Pedestrian472 (12%)
  • Cyclist264 (6.5%)
  • Van occupant130 (3.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant65 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)55 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant31 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant23 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant19 (0.5%)
  • Other10 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

HG4 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in HG4, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in HG4 peaked at 99 in 1998; 2025 had 46.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 46
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254660
20243248
20234453
20222735
20213346
20203546
20193657
20184664
20175573
20164467
20154254
20145269
20136282
20125676
20115473
20104358
20094667
20085880
20075772
20066686
20055269
200482113
200365100
200283119
20016491
200087130
199989136
199899124
199767103
199684109
199584115
199484104
199368101
199274119
199170105
199085119
198987128
19886490
198713
198667108
198581106
19846379
19837393
198282131
198188124
198075102
19797898

Map of recent crashes in HG4

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in HG4

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in HG4

The 24 most recent collisions in HG4 happened between 15 June and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in HG4

The A61 has the most collisions in HG4, 640 of 2,930 (22%), followed by the B6265 (489).

Collisions in HG4 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6164094122153
2ndB626548970015121
3rdA61083154871297
4thA15296118
5thA1(M)315505
6thB626891204
7thB61086702
8thB62675602
9thA1684710
10thA593503
11thA6843500

Council area for HG4

HG4 is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. HG4 accounts for 2.9% of them.

Town in HG4

Of the 2,930 collisions in HG4, 1,118 (38%) were in Ripon.