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Great Ayton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 188 road traffic collisions in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 230 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 50 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
188
2,014th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
230
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
50
58 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Great Ayton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.1%
  • Serious5027%
  • Slight13672%

What the data shows

  • Great Ayton had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 27 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Great Ayton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 47 children under 16 were killed or injured in Great Ayton, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Great Ayton.

Where Great Ayton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,014th
Most casualties
2,105th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,728th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (12%)
  • Tuesday22 (12%)
  • Wednesday25 (13%)
  • Thursday26 (14%)
  • Friday37 (20%)
  • Saturday34 (18%)
  • Sunday21 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight142 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit37 (20%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (2.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway174 (93%)
  • Roundabout9 (4.8%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.1%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph178 (95%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph9 (4.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds154 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (8%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (3.7%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Other2 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant115 (50%)
  • Pedestrian49 (21%)
  • Cyclist28 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.7%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Great Ayton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Great Ayton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Great Ayton peaked at 9 in 1993; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202411
202333
202235
202134
202033
201911
201811
201722
201622
201555
201422
201311
201200
201115
201022
2009610
200833
200744
200634
200555
200455
200334
200258
200133
200044
199944
199844
199755
199677
199556
199456
1993911
199245
199147
199055
198955
198833
198700
198689
198579
198467
1983813
198266
1981815
198055
197968

Map of recent crashes in Great Ayton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Great Ayton

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Great Ayton

The 24 most recent collisions in Great Ayton happened between 5 November 2015 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Great Ayton

Of the 188 collisions in Great Ayton, 71 were on the A173.

Collisions in Great Ayton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1737192218

Council area for Great Ayton

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

Postcode district for Great Ayton

All 188 collisions in Great Ayton were in the TS9 postcode district.