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South Cave road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 189 road traffic collisions in South Cave, East Riding of Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 240 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 53 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
189
2,010th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
240
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
53
57 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for South Cave

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.6%
  • Serious5328%
  • Slight13370%

What the data shows

  • South Cave had 21 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 22% fewer than the 27 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 30% of collisions in South Cave were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 31 children under 16 were killed or injured in South Cave, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in South Cave.

Where South Cave ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,010th
Most casualties
2,050th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,680th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday32 (17%)
  • Tuesday27 (14%)
  • Wednesday28 (15%)
  • Thursday26 (14%)
  • Friday23 (12%)
  • Saturday29 (15%)
  • Sunday24 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight141 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit32 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (6.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway174 (92%)
  • Dual carriageway13 (6.9%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph118 (62%)
  • 40 mph15 (7.9%)
  • 60 mph41 (22%)
  • 70 mph13 (6.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds152 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Other2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant132 (55%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (18%)
  • Cyclist24 (10%)
  • Pedestrian20 (8.3%)
  • Van occupant15 (6.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

South Cave road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Cave, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in South Cave peaked at 11 in 1989; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202437
202334
202211
202111
202011
201900
201849
201733
201644
201522
201424
201345
201268
201144
201011
200911
200822
200723
200634
200535
200467
200357
200222
200178
200011
199922
199889
199766
199655
199556
199469
199333
199269
199144
199055
19891112
19881012
198755
198600
1985910
198469
198379
1982811
198124
1980713
197922

Map of recent crashes in South Cave

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in South Cave

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in South Cave

The 24 most recent collisions in South Cave happened between 1 August 2014 and 9 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in South Cave

The A1034 has the most collisions in South Cave, 64 of 189 (34%), followed by the A63 (14).

Collisions in South Cave on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA10346483019
2ndA63142606

Council area for South Cave

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

Postcode district for South Cave

All 189 collisions in South Cave were in the HU15 postcode district.