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Boroughbridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 176 road traffic collisions in Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 240 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 52 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
176
2,089th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
240
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
52
61 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Boroughbridge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.7%
  • Serious5230%
  • Slight12169%

What the data shows

  • Boroughbridge had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% more than the 19 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in Boroughbridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 33 children under 16 were killed or injured in Boroughbridge, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Boroughbridge.

Where Boroughbridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,089th
Most casualties
2,050th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,700th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (14%)
  • Tuesday20 (11%)
  • Wednesday19 (11%)
  • Thursday25 (14%)
  • Friday34 (19%)
  • Saturday27 (15%)
  • Sunday26 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight132 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit27 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting14 (8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway146 (83%)
  • Dual carriageway25 (14%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.7%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (4%)
  • 30 mph106 (60%)
  • 40 mph27 (15%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph9 (5.1%)
  • 70 mph25 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds148 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds21 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant139 (58%)
  • Pedestrian33 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (12%)
  • Cyclist23 (9.6%)
  • Van occupant11 (4.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Boroughbridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Boroughbridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Boroughbridge peaked at 16 in 1994; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202322
202211
202100
202022
201922
201866
201755
201622
201522
201412
201335
201222
201100
201011
200922
200844
200745
200600
200544
200433
200377
2002811
200122
2000714
199947
199824
199757
199667
199524
19941629
199344
1992512
199157
199034
1989913
198868
198700
198644
198533
198469
198355
198259
198169
198077
197912

Map of recent crashes in Boroughbridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Boroughbridge

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Boroughbridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Boroughbridge happened between 30 August 2015 and 23 January 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Boroughbridge

The B6265 has the most collisions in Boroughbridge, 49 of 176 (28%), followed by the A1 (24).

Collisions in Boroughbridge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB62654965117
2ndA12442010
3rdA6055172204

Council area for Boroughbridge

Boroughbridge is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Boroughbridge accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Boroughbridge

All 176 collisions in Boroughbridge were in the YO51 postcode district.