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Howden road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 362 road traffic collisions in Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 513 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 60 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
362
1,391st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
513
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
60
69 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
9 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Howden

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal41.1%
  • Serious6017%
  • Slight29882%

What the data shows

  • Howden had 64 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 5% more than the 61 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Howden were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 85 children under 16 were killed or injured in Howden, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Howden.

Where Howden ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,391st
Most casualties
1,302nd
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,574th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (13%)
  • Tuesday44 (12%)
  • Wednesday42 (12%)
  • Thursday63 (17%)
  • Friday68 (19%)
  • Saturday54 (15%)
  • Sunday44 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight280 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit56 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting19 (5.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway319 (88%)
  • Roundabout41 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph21 (5.8%)
  • 30 mph220 (61%)
  • 40 mph8 (2.2%)
  • 60 mph113 (31%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds314 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (8.3%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.7%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other4 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant290 (57%)
  • Pedestrian82 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist66 (13%)
  • Cyclist48 (9.4%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)9 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Howden road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Howden, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Howden peaked at 18 in 1990; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025920
202479
202388
202246
2021811
202011
201947
201877
201746
20161215
201534
2014811
201324
2012915
2011710
201055
200956
200889
2007814
2006614
200545
200479
200367
200211
20011317
2000810
199989
199846
199778
19961117
19951217
1994611
199389
199257
19911329
19901823
19891523
19881214
1987714
198600
19851215
19841117
1983913
19821113
19811212
1980710
19791015

Map of recent crashes in Howden

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Howden

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Howden

The 24 most recent collisions in Howden happened between 13 January 2023 and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Howden

The A614 has the most collisions in Howden, 131 of 362 (36%), followed by the B1228 (43).

Collisions in Howden on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA614131227427
2ndB1228435406
3rdA63425706
4thB1230171803

Council area for Howden

Howden is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where police recorded 44,886 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Howden accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Howden

All 362 collisions in Howden were in the DN14 postcode district.