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YO22 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,351 road traffic collisions in the YO22 postcode district, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,054 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 41 were fatal and 484 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 19 collisions, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,351
2,028th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,054
1.52 per collision
Fatal collisions
41
44 people killed
Serious collisions
484
643 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
19
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
23
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for YO22

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal413%
  • Serious48436%
  • Slight82661%

What the data shows

  • YO22 had 171 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 251 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 39% of collisions in YO22 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 223 children under 16 were killed or injured in YO22, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in YO22.

Where YO22 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,028th
Most casualties
1,982nd
Most fatal collisions
1,464th
Most serious collisions
1,536th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday178 (13%)
  • Tuesday161 (12%)
  • Wednesday194 (14%)
  • Thursday172 (13%)
  • Friday177 (13%)
  • Saturday226 (17%)
  • Sunday243 (18%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,038 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting209 (15%)
  • Dark, street lights lit93 (6.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,334 (99%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.4%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.3%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph11 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph380 (28%)
  • 40 mph85 (6.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph834 (62%)
  • 70 mph38 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,038 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds116 (8.6%)
  • Fine with high winds55 (4.1%)
  • Fog or mist38 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds28 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds26 (1.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds14 (1%)
  • Other24 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded12 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,211 (59%)
  • Motorcyclist367 (18%)
  • Pedestrian185 (9%)
  • Cyclist78 (3.8%)
  • Van occupant64 (3.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)47 (2.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant46 (2.2%)
  • Minibus occupant33 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Other5 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

YO22 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in YO22, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in YO22 peaked at 54 in 2002; 2025 had 19.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 19
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251923
20241417
20232232
20221420
20211726
20201221
20191925
20181314
20172240
20161927
20152128
20141624
20131923
20122028
20112835
20102637
20093456
20083251
20072740
20062834
20053651
20043848
20033251
20025481
20013454
20003143
19994473
19984262
19973256
19964272
19954057
19943649
19933465
19923860
19913445
19904275
19893860
19883647
198700
19864055
19851938
19842240
19832842
19823755
19813554
19802847
19793773

Map of recent crashes in YO22

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in YO22

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in YO22

The 24 most recent collisions in YO22 happened between 15 July 2024 and 9 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in YO22

The A171 has the most collisions in YO22, 593 of 1,351 (44%), followed by the A169 (220).

Collisions in YO22 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA17159397822228
2ndA169220350887
3rdB141694126040
4thB14474578315
5thB14104512
6thA131001

Council area for YO22

YO22 is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. YO22 accounts for 1.3% of them.

Town in YO22

Of the 1,351 collisions in YO22, 260 (19%) were in Whitby.