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Norton-on-Derwent road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 413 road traffic collisions in Norton-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 480 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 114 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
413
1,286th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
480
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
114
126 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Norton-on-Derwent

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.9%
  • Serious11428%
  • Slight29170%

What the data shows

  • Norton-on-Derwent had 54 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 68 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in Norton-on-Derwent were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 87 children under 16 were killed or injured in Norton-on-Derwent, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Norton-on-Derwent.

Where Norton-on-Derwent ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,286th
Most casualties
1,364th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,047th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (15%)
  • Tuesday55 (13%)
  • Wednesday57 (14%)
  • Thursday59 (14%)
  • Friday83 (20%)
  • Saturday57 (14%)
  • Sunday42 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight314 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit91 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway394 (95%)
  • Roundabout13 (3.1%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph394 (95%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph6 (1.5%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds346 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds34 (8.2%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other6 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded7 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant139 (29%)
  • Cyclist128 (27%)
  • Pedestrian109 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist93 (19%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.6%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Norton-on-Derwent road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Norton-on-Derwent, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Norton-on-Derwent peaked at 19 in 1983; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202467
202333
202279
202144
202067
201945
2018912
201767
201656
201588
201467
20131014
20121012
201178
201045
200947
200845
200789
2006711
200577
200466
20031012
200289
20011111
20001417
19991316
199899
19971015
19961112
19951416
19941515
19931414
1992912
199199
19901112
19891013
19881516
198700
198679
198556
19841316
19831923
19821414
198144
19801718
19791619

Map of recent crashes in Norton-on-Derwent

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Norton-on-Derwent

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Norton-on-Derwent

The 24 most recent collisions in Norton-on-Derwent happened between 30 March 2021 and 21 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Norton-on-Derwent

The B1248 has the most collisions in Norton-on-Derwent, 243 of 413 (59%), followed by the B1257 (4).

Collisions in Norton-on-Derwent on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1248243282471
2ndB12574411

Council area for Norton-on-Derwent

Norton-on-Derwent is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Norton-on-Derwent accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Norton-on-Derwent

All 413 collisions in Norton-on-Derwent were in the YO17 postcode district.