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East Ayton and West Ayton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 126 road traffic collisions in East Ayton and West Ayton, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 161 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 34 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
126
2,519th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
161
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
34
42 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for East Ayton and West Ayton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.4%
  • Serious3427%
  • Slight8971%

What the data shows

  • East Ayton and West Ayton had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in East Ayton and West Ayton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 25 children under 16 were killed or injured in East Ayton and West Ayton, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in East Ayton and West Ayton.

Where East Ayton and West Ayton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,519th
Most casualties
2,582nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (11%)
  • Tuesday19 (15%)
  • Wednesday18 (14%)
  • Thursday23 (18%)
  • Friday13 (10%)
  • Saturday20 (16%)
  • Sunday19 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight87 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (3.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway122 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph95 (75%)
  • 40 mph11 (8.7%)
  • 60 mph19 (15%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds105 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant93 (58%)
  • Motorcyclist30 (19%)
  • Pedestrian26 (16%)
  • Cyclist6 (3.7%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

East Ayton and West Ayton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in East Ayton and West Ayton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in East Ayton and West Ayton peaked at 9 in 1999; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202411
202300
202224
202134
202022
201912
201822
201700
201611
201546
201422
201322
201233
201124
201033
200934
200823
200733
200646
200556
200400
200312
200246
200144
200046
1999914
199811
199734
199667
199568
199444
199334
199222
199122
199035
198934
198822
198700
198633
198533
198422
198334
198245
198135
198022
197911

Map of recent crashes in East Ayton and West Ayton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in East Ayton and West Ayton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in East Ayton and West Ayton

The 24 most recent collisions in East Ayton and West Ayton happened between 21 September 2012 and 18 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in East Ayton and West Ayton

Of the 126 collisions in East Ayton and West Ayton, 93 were on the A170.

Collisions in East Ayton and West Ayton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA17093118230

Council area for East Ayton and West Ayton

East Ayton and West Ayton is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. East Ayton and West Ayton accounts for 0.1% of them.

Postcode district for East Ayton and West Ayton

All 126 collisions in East Ayton and West Ayton were in the YO13 postcode district.