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Pickering road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 445 road traffic collisions in Pickering, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 538 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 111 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
445
1,238th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
538
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
111
133 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Pickering

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.1%
  • Serious11125%
  • Slight32974%

What the data shows

  • Pickering had 61 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 23% fewer than the 79 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Pickering were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 119 children under 16 were killed or injured in Pickering, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Pickering.

Where Pickering ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,238th
Most casualties
1,271st
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,068th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday74 (17%)
  • Tuesday54 (12%)
  • Wednesday62 (14%)
  • Thursday66 (15%)
  • Friday76 (17%)
  • Saturday55 (12%)
  • Sunday58 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight338 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit98 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway422 (95%)
  • Roundabout16 (3.6%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph369 (83%)
  • 40 mph58 (13%)
  • 60 mph14 (3.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds379 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (8.3%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant206 (38%)
  • Pedestrian159 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist80 (15%)
  • Cyclist64 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant16 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Pickering road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Pickering, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Pickering peaked at 19 in 1991; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
202467
202399
202266
202147
202022
201923
201856
201789
20161113
201545
201478
201367
201278
201178
201056
20091218
20081011
20071417
200677
20051313
20041016
20031415
200299
20011216
20001016
19991214
19981212
19971313
19961114
1995911
19941022
199377
19921416
19911923
19901821
19891314
19881317
198700
1986911
1985915
19841314
198378
19821721
198189
19801214
19791112

Map of recent crashes in Pickering

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Pickering

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Pickering

The 24 most recent collisions in Pickering happened between 30 October 2022 and 29 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Pickering

The A170 has the most collisions in Pickering, 183 of 445 (41%), followed by the A169 (66).

Collisions in Pickering on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA170183217343
2ndA1696698119

Council area for Pickering

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

Postcode district for Pickering

All 445 collisions in Pickering were in the YO18 postcode district.