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Ripon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,118 road traffic collisions in Ripon, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,381 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 256 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 14 collisions, up from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,118
701st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,381
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
256
282 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
14
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
17
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ripon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal90.8%
  • Serious25623%
  • Slight85376%

What the data shows

  • Ripon had 139 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 187 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Ripon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 219 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ripon, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Ripon.

Where Ripon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
701st
Most casualties
704th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
573rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday148 (13%)
  • Tuesday172 (15%)
  • Wednesday152 (14%)
  • Thursday179 (16%)
  • Friday184 (16%)
  • Saturday179 (16%)
  • Sunday104 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight854 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit240 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway939 (84%)
  • One way street or slip road109 (9.7%)
  • Roundabout49 (4.4%)
  • Dual carriageway12 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph19 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph1,009 (90%)
  • 40 mph32 (2.9%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph55 (4.9%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds921 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds112 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds21 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.4%)
  • Other20 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant597 (43%)
  • Pedestrian384 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist198 (14%)
  • Cyclist145 (10%)
  • Van occupant18 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ripon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ripon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ripon peaked at 41 in 1990; 2025 had 14.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251417
20241013
20231924
2022711
20211214
202077
20191216
20182332
20172021
20161521
20151617
20141617
20131922
20122330
20112126
20101621
20091422
20081826
20072429
20062025
20051518
20042429
20031823
20022943
20012127
20003653
19993336
19984044
19972433
19962427
19953034
19942829
19932732
19923239
19912633
19904154
19893647
19882938
198700
19863246
19853438
19842830
19833242
19824152
19813946
19803436
19793941

Map of recent crashes in Ripon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ripon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ripon

The 24 most recent collisions in Ripon happened between 6 February 2024 and 26 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ripon

The A61 has the most collisions in Ripon, 305 of 1,118 (27%), followed by the B6265 (137).

Collisions in Ripon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA61305403470
2ndB6265137179229
3rdA6108354404

Council area for Ripon

Ripon is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ripon accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Ripon

All 1,118 collisions in Ripon were in the HG4 postcode district.