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HU18 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 714 road traffic collisions in the HU18 postcode district, East Riding of Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 938 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 154 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
714
2,317th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
938
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
154
175 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
14 in 2024

Road collision statistics for HU18

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.4%
  • Serious15422%
  • Slight55077%

What the data shows

  • HU18 had 85 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 131 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in HU18 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 137 children under 16 were killed or injured in HU18, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in HU18.

Where HU18 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,317th
Most casualties
2,338th
Most fatal collisions
2,425th
Most serious collisions
2,343rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday85 (12%)
  • Tuesday102 (14%)
  • Wednesday75 (11%)
  • Thursday106 (15%)
  • Friday128 (18%)
  • Saturday99 (14%)
  • Sunday119 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight535 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit115 (16%)
  • Dark, no street lighting52 (7.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway686 (96%)
  • Roundabout16 (2.2%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph25 (3.5%)
  • 30 mph514 (72%)
  • 40 mph26 (3.6%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph141 (20%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds604 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds65 (9.1%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other4 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant451 (48%)
  • Pedestrian167 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist154 (16%)
  • Cyclist108 (12%)
  • Van occupant24 (2.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (2.5%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

HU18 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in HU18, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in HU18 peaked at 30 in 1990; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
20241114
2023915
20221213
202178
202044
20191315
201889
2017810
2016810
20151114
20141720
20131219
20121419
20111520
20101114
20091316
20081221
20071827
200689
20051010
20041924
20031422
20022748
20011821
20001719
19991929
19981516
19972131
19962528
19952428
19941921
19931625
19922028
19912134
19903036
19891722
19881820
19872327
198615
19851720
19841617
19832638
19821520
19811519
19801719
19791829

Map of recent crashes in HU18

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in HU18

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in HU18

The 24 most recent collisions in HU18 happened between 21 April 2023 and 14 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in HU18

The B1242 has the most collisions in HU18, 240 of 714 (34%), followed by the B1244 (66).

Collisions in HU18 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1242240343462
2ndB12446694020
3rdA103591411

Council area for HU18

HU18 is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where police recorded 44,886 collisions from 1979 to 2025. HU18 accounts for 1.6% of them.

Town in HU18

Of the 714 collisions in HU18, 515 (72%) were in Hornsea.