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Skelton (Redcar and Cleveland) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 267 road traffic collisions in Skelton, Redcar and Cleveland, from 1979 to 2025, and 341 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 46 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
267
1,667th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
341
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
46
48 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Skelton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62.2%
  • Serious4617%
  • Slight21581%

What the data shows

  • Skelton had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 31 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Skelton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 75 children under 16 were killed or injured in Skelton, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Skelton.

Where Skelton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,667th
Most casualties
1,687th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,829th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday41 (15%)
  • Tuesday31 (12%)
  • Wednesday38 (14%)
  • Thursday44 (16%)
  • Friday48 (18%)
  • Saturday43 (16%)
  • Sunday22 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight197 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit61 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway257 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (2.2%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph246 (92%)
  • 40 mph18 (6.7%)
  • 60 mph3 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds193 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds43 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist4 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Other10 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant160 (47%)
  • Pedestrian95 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (12%)
  • Cyclist23 (6.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (2.6%)
  • Van occupant9 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Skelton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Skelton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Skelton peaked at 14 in 1982; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202425
202311
202233
202133
202033
201935
201811
201700
201600
201523
201445
201333
2012710
201133
201022
200934
200812
200744
200622
200522
200411
200359
200200
200148
2000710
199935
199877
19971016
199623
19951013
19941214
1993814
199244
19911213
19901318
19891112
19881112
19871011
19861011
198556
198499
198389
19821415
19811215
19801119
19791420

Map of recent crashes in Skelton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Skelton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Skelton

The 24 most recent collisions in Skelton happened between 17 August 2014 and 24 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Skelton

The A173 has the most collisions in Skelton, 96 of 267 (36%), followed by the B1267 (11).

Collisions in Skelton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA17396130020
2ndB1267111800

Council area for Skelton

Skelton is in Redcar and Cleveland, where police recorded 15,471 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Skelton accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode district for Skelton

All 267 collisions in Skelton were in the TS12 postcode district.