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Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 124 road traffic collisions in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 196 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 31 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
124
2,542nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
196
1.58 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
31
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.4%
  • Serious3125%
  • Slight9073%

What the data shows

  • Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 31 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 18 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton, 9.3% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 46% of collisions in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton.

Where Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,542nd
Most casualties
2,300th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,285th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday16 (13%)
  • Tuesday19 (15%)
  • Wednesday17 (14%)
  • Thursday15 (12%)
  • Friday23 (19%)
  • Saturday16 (13%)
  • Sunday18 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight97 (78%)
  • Dark, no street lighting15 (12%)
  • Dark, street lights lit11 (8.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway123 (99%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph52 (42%)
  • 40 mph23 (19%)
  • 50 mph12 (9.7%)
  • 60 mph35 (28%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds94 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (4%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (2.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.6%)
  • Other1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant137 (70%)
  • Motorcyclist13 (6.6%)
  • Pedestrian12 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant12 (6.1%)
  • Cyclist10 (5.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton peaked at 8 in 1995; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202335
202200
202112
202024
201900
201833
201722
201623
201512
201434
201311
201246
201168
201037
200969
200824
200745
200611
200547
200434
200333
200200
200123
200046
199949
199834
199737
199646
1995813
199423
199346
199211
199111
199035
198934
198857
198746
198600
1985310
198422
1983511
198213
198134
198011
197922

Map of recent crashes in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton

The 24 most recent collisions in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton happened between 8 June 2012 and 6 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton

The A1079 has the most collisions in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton, 57 of 124 (46%), followed by the B1248 (24).

Collisions in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA10795799015
2ndB1248244117

Council area for Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton

Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where police recorded 44,886 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton

All 124 collisions in Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton were in the HU17 postcode district.