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Sherburn in Elmet road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 351 road traffic collisions in Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 449 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 112 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
351
1,415th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
449
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
112
129 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sherburn in Elmet

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.9%
  • Serious11232%
  • Slight23667%

What the data shows

  • Sherburn in Elmet had 47 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 56 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in Sherburn in Elmet were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 80 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sherburn in Elmet, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 26% of collisions in Sherburn in Elmet.

Where Sherburn in Elmet ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,415th
Most casualties
1,418th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,060th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (13%)
  • Tuesday38 (11%)
  • Wednesday60 (17%)
  • Thursday38 (11%)
  • Friday60 (17%)
  • Saturday53 (15%)
  • Sunday55 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight259 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit74 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (3.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway343 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.9%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph17 (4.8%)
  • 30 mph228 (65%)
  • 40 mph52 (15%)
  • 60 mph51 (15%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds302 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (7.7%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant174 (39%)
  • Motorcyclist115 (26%)
  • Pedestrian94 (21%)
  • Cyclist48 (11%)
  • Van occupant6 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sherburn in Elmet road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sherburn in Elmet, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sherburn in Elmet peaked at 18 in 1988; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202444
202399
2022611
202166
202045
201933
201857
201734
201622
201534
2014815
201356
201246
201146
2010810
200956
200868
200766
200677
200556
200477
200335
200246
200166
2000711
19991521
199867
199789
1996711
19951114
199467
199388
1992910
19911314
19901216
19891111
19881824
198700
19861318
19851425
1984912
19831013
1982912
19811114
1980911
19791720

Map of recent crashes in Sherburn in Elmet

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sherburn in Elmet

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sherburn in Elmet

The 24 most recent collisions in Sherburn in Elmet happened between 27 February 2022 and 27 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sherburn in Elmet

The B1222 has the most collisions in Sherburn in Elmet, 119 of 351 (34%), followed by the A162 (93).

Collisions in Sherburn in Elmet on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1222119159045
2ndA16293115237

Council area for Sherburn in Elmet

Sherburn in Elmet is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sherburn in Elmet accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Sherburn in Elmet

All 351 collisions in Sherburn in Elmet were in the LS25 postcode district.