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Hornsea road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 515 road traffic collisions in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 634 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 98 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 9 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
515
1,143rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
634
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
98
106 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
9 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hornsea

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71.4%
  • Serious9819%
  • Slight41080%

What the data shows

  • Hornsea had 66 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 79 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Hornsea were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 117 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hornsea, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Hornsea.

Where Hornsea ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,143rd
Most casualties
1,162nd
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,158th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (12%)
  • Tuesday77 (15%)
  • Wednesday53 (10%)
  • Thursday79 (15%)
  • Friday89 (17%)
  • Saturday78 (15%)
  • Sunday79 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight397 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit107 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway490 (95%)
  • Roundabout16 (3.1%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (1%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph23 (4.5%)
  • 30 mph479 (93%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph9 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds443 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds42 (8.2%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant234 (37%)
  • Pedestrian153 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist111 (18%)
  • Cyclist95 (15%)
  • Bus or coach occupant21 (3.3%)
  • Van occupant12 (1.9%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hornsea road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hornsea, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hornsea peaked at 24 in 1990; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
2024911
2023610
20221112
202145
202033
20191113
201878
2017810
201657
201556
20141010
201346
20121012
20111114
20101011
200978
2008917
200789
200656
200577
20041014
20031115
20022021
20011417
20001314
19991423
19981516
19971319
19961719
19951822
19941517
19931217
19921214
19911523
19902429
19891213
19881517
19872022
198600
1985910
19841213
19832128
19821214
19811316
19801315
19791319

Map of recent crashes in Hornsea

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hornsea

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hornsea

The 24 most recent collisions in Hornsea happened between 25 July 2022 and 14 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hornsea

The B1242 has the most collisions in Hornsea, 134 of 515 (26%), followed by the B1244 (15).

Collisions in Hornsea on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1242134167232
2ndB1244152103
3rdA10355910

Council area for Hornsea

Hornsea is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where police recorded 44,886 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hornsea accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Hornsea

All 515 collisions in Hornsea were in the HU18 postcode district.