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Preston (East Riding of Yorkshire) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 164 road traffic collisions in Preston, East Riding of Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 215 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 36 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
164
2,164th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
215
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
36
39 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Preston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious3622%
  • Slight12777%

What the data shows

  • Preston had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 5% fewer than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Preston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 54 children under 16 were killed or injured in Preston, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Preston.

Where Preston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,164th
Most casualties
2,184th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (13%)
  • Tuesday21 (13%)
  • Wednesday26 (16%)
  • Thursday18 (11%)
  • Friday28 (17%)
  • Saturday34 (21%)
  • Sunday16 (9.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight122 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (3.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway164 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (4.3%)
  • 30 mph115 (70%)
  • 40 mph29 (18%)
  • 60 mph13 (7.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds145 (88%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (7.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant78 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist58 (27%)
  • Pedestrian35 (16%)
  • Cyclist22 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (4.2%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Preston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Preston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Preston peaked at 9 in 1980; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202322
202211
202133
202022
201923
201822
201755
201622
201511
201412
201322
201222
201111
201044
200900
200857
200722
200634
200578
200444
200346
200244
200166
2000612
199946
1998411
1997410
199624
199511
199466
199344
199244
1991810
199044
198933
1988716
198768
198600
198566
198455
198323
198235
198122
1980912
197989

Map of recent crashes in Preston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Preston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Preston

The 24 most recent collisions in Preston happened between 6 June 2013 and 2 May 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Preston

The B1240 has the most collisions in Preston, 63 of 164 (38%), followed by the B1239 (27).

Collisions in Preston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB12406378115
2ndB1239273405

Council area for Preston

Preston is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where police recorded 44,886 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Preston accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Preston

All 164 collisions in Preston were in the HU12 postcode district.