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Cleethorpes road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,241 road traffic collisions in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,283 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 31 were fatal and 849 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 60 collisions, up 13% on 2024 (53).

Collisions since 1979
4,241
244th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
5,283
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
31
32 people killed
Serious collisions
849
911 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
60
Up 13% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
70
Up 19% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Cleethorpes

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal310.7%
  • Serious84920%
  • Slight3,36179%

What the data shows

  • Cleethorpes had 558 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 24% fewer than the 732 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Cleethorpes were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,176 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cleethorpes, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Cleethorpes.

Where Cleethorpes ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
244th
Most casualties
248th
Most fatal collisions
333rd
Most serious collisions
215th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday564 (13%)
  • Tuesday588 (14%)
  • Wednesday576 (14%)
  • Thursday574 (14%)
  • Friday646 (15%)
  • Saturday684 (16%)
  • Sunday609 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,049 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,137 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown21 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting20 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit13 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,818 (90%)
  • Roundabout326 (7.7%)
  • Dual carriageway55 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph72 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph4,028 (95%)
  • 40 mph101 (2.4%)
  • 60 mph27 (0.6%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,654 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds430 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds49 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds33 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds16 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.1%)
  • Other24 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded22 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,015 (38%)
  • Pedestrian1,252 (24%)
  • Cyclist944 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist761 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant187 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant49 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant30 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant14 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (0.2%)
  • Other6 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cleethorpes road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cleethorpes, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cleethorpes peaked at 146 in 1984; 2025 had 60.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 60
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20256070
20245359
20236070
20224858
20215161
20204252
20196774
20185779
20176273
20165870
20156689
20146895
20136488
201279109
20117090
20107699
200970121
200890133
200770109
200679115
200583106
200489111
200395112
2002120144
2001100123
2000114129
1999120147
1998116143
199795118
19968197
1995114153
1994110135
1993111129
1992104125
1991109135
1990127138
1989124151
1988135171
1987113133
198600
1985145177
1984146174
1983119143
1982121136
1981117149
1980132159
1979111131

Map of recent crashes in Cleethorpes

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cleethorpes

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cleethorpes

The 24 most recent collisions in Cleethorpes happened between 4 August and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cleethorpes

The A1098 has the most collisions in Cleethorpes, 706 of 4,241 (17%), followed by the A180 (504).

Collisions in Cleethorpes on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA10987069065170
2ndA180504671787
3rdB1374161200222
4thA46115152013
5thA103191117325
6thA183543010

Council area for Cleethorpes

Cleethorpes is in North East Lincolnshire, where police recorded 27,450 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cleethorpes accounts for 15% of them.

Postcode districts in Cleethorpes

Collisions in Cleethorpes were recorded in 4 postcode districts, led by DN35 (4,061) and DN32 (143).