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Richmond road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 685 road traffic collisions in Richmond, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 810 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 164 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
685
959th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
810
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
164
176 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Richmond

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.4%
  • Serious16424%
  • Slight51876%

What the data shows

  • Richmond had 77 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 39% fewer than the 127 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Richmond were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Richmond are between noon and 3pm, with 25% of collisions.
  • 158 children under 16 were killed or injured in Richmond, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Richmond ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
959th
Most casualties
1,002nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
808th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday88 (13%)
  • Tuesday88 (13%)
  • Wednesday100 (15%)
  • Thursday102 (15%)
  • Friday132 (19%)
  • Saturday112 (16%)
  • Sunday63 (9.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight534 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit136 (20%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway611 (89%)
  • Roundabout43 (6.3%)
  • One way street or slip road12 (1.8%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded14 (2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph35 (5.1%)
  • 30 mph607 (89%)
  • 40 mph19 (2.8%)
  • 60 mph24 (3.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds548 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds63 (9.2%)
  • Raining with high winds18 (2.6%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (2.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist8 (1.2%)
  • Other16 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant349 (43%)
  • Pedestrian253 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist108 (13%)
  • Cyclist64 (7.9%)
  • Van occupant13 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Richmond road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Richmond, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Richmond peaked at 28 in 1995; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
202477
202344
202288
202166
202022
201955
20181011
20171316
20161416
20151417
20141314
20131417
201267
20111113
201088
20091519
20081718
20071213
20061720
20051822
200489
20031424
2002910
20011322
20002021
19992228
19982432
19972326
19961722
19952835
19941415
19932327
19922629
19911620
19901215
19892222
19882427
198711
1986911
19851214
19841719
19832525
19822832
19812226
19802028
19791419

Map of recent crashes in Richmond

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Richmond

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Richmond

The 24 most recent collisions in Richmond happened between 7 April 2022 and 7 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Richmond

The A6108 has the most collisions in Richmond, 256 of 685 (37%), followed by the A6136 (61).

Collisions in Richmond on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6108256315271
2ndA61366177012
3rdB6274344209
4thB6271232809
5thB12637800

Council area for Richmond

Richmond is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Richmond accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Richmond

All 685 collisions in Richmond were in the DL10 postcode district.