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YO51 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,196 road traffic collisions in the YO51 postcode district, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,941 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 40 were fatal and 309 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, down from 13 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,196
2,118th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,941
1.62 per collision
Fatal collisions
40
49 people killed
Serious collisions
309
435 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
13 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
18 in 2024

Road collision statistics for YO51

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal403.3%
  • Serious30926%
  • Slight84771%

What the data shows

  • YO51 had 147 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 232 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in YO51 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 165 children under 16 were killed or injured in YO51, 8.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in YO51.

Where YO51 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,118th
Most casualties
2,020th
Most fatal collisions
1,503rd
Most serious collisions
1,982nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday174 (15%)
  • Tuesday132 (11%)
  • Wednesday139 (12%)
  • Thursday142 (12%)
  • Friday257 (21%)
  • Saturday183 (15%)
  • Sunday169 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight850 (71%)
  • Dark, no street lighting272 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights lit61 (5.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway592 (49%)
  • Dual carriageway561 (47%)
  • Roundabout38 (3.2%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph173 (14%)
  • 40 mph74 (6.2%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph371 (31%)
  • 70 mph566 (47%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds912 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds158 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds36 (3%)
  • Fog or mist33 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds20 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other12 (1%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,417 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist123 (6.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)108 (5.6%)
  • Van occupant82 (4.2%)
  • Pedestrian69 (3.6%)
  • Cyclist63 (3.2%)
  • Minibus occupant28 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant23 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant19 (1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

YO51 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in YO51, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in YO51 peaked at 48 in 1994; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251020
20241318
20231728
2022914
20211115
20201014
20191721
20181825
20172226
20162034
20152738
20141825
20131929
20122126
20111422
20102744
20092234
20082741
20073451
20062336
20052127
20042737
20033548
20024095
20012133
20002549
19992849
19982635
19973069
19962636
19953140
19944878
19932544
19923673
19913964
19904173
19894579
19883351
198700
19862336
19853870
19843959
19832332
19823464
19813054
19802745
19792640

Map of recent crashes in YO51

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in YO51

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in YO51

The 24 most recent collisions in YO51 happened between 23 November 2023 and 7 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in YO51

The A1 has the most collisions in YO51, 364 of 1,196 (30%), followed by the B6265 (235).

Collisions in YO51 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA136465112106
2ndB62652353871080
3rdA1(M)207348627
4thA605570103219
5thA1684671412
6thA1941102
7thB60553401
8thB60653400

Council area for YO51

YO51 is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. YO51 accounts for 1.2% of them.

Town in YO51

Of the 1,196 collisions in YO51, 176 (15%) were in Boroughbridge.