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YO18 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,565 road traffic collisions in the YO18 postcode district, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,320 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 49 were fatal and 513 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 17 collisions, down 19% on 2024 (21).

Collisions since 1979
1,565
1,947th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,320
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
49
50 people killed
Serious collisions
513
736 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
17
Down 19% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
23
Down 15% on 2024

Road collision statistics for YO18

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal493.1%
  • Serious51333%
  • Slight1,00364%

What the data shows

  • YO18 had 216 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 282 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 36% of collisions in YO18 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 256 children under 16 were killed or injured in YO18, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in YO18.

Where YO18 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,947th
Most casualties
1,899th
Most fatal collisions
1,220th
Most serious collisions
1,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday224 (14%)
  • Tuesday188 (12%)
  • Wednesday193 (12%)
  • Thursday205 (13%)
  • Friday244 (16%)
  • Saturday238 (15%)
  • Sunday273 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,170 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting239 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit144 (9.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,531 (98%)
  • Roundabout18 (1.2%)
  • Dual carriageway8 (0.5%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph529 (34%)
  • 40 mph129 (8.2%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph868 (55%)
  • 70 mph33 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,208 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds157 (10%)
  • Fog or mist46 (2.9%)
  • Fine with high winds37 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds35 (2.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds28 (1.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.4%)
  • Other32 (2%)
  • Not recorded16 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,517 (65%)
  • Motorcyclist293 (13%)
  • Pedestrian237 (10%)
  • Cyclist115 (5%)
  • Van occupant49 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)36 (1.6%)
  • Minibus occupant23 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant22 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.6%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant7 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

YO18 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in YO18, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in YO18 peaked at 55 in 2002; 2025 had 17.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 17
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251723
20242127
20232536
20221827
20211524
20201827
20191922
20182338
20172535
20163550
20152740
20142840
20132537
20122839
20111925
20102637
20093144
20082836
20074161
20062946
20054356
20044062
20034867
20025583
20014474
20004988
19994670
19984250
19974051
19963147
19953759
19944578
19934269
19924052
19914974
19904775
19895572
19885486
198700
19862631
19852742
19843649
19832839
19824166
19812849
19803556
19793961

Map of recent crashes in YO18

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in YO18

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in YO18

The 24 most recent collisions in YO18 happened between 28 August 2024 and 13 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in YO18

The A170 has the most collisions in YO18, 531 of 1,565 (34%), followed by the A169 (521).

Collisions in YO18 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA17053176522158
2ndA16952187017199
3rdB625581010
4thA645902
5thA6843401

Council area for YO18

YO18 is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. YO18 accounts for 1.6% of them.

Town in YO18

Of the 1,565 collisions in YO18, 445 (28%) were in Pickering.