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Sowerby road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 147 road traffic collisions in Sowerby, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 171 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 48 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
147
2,300th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
171
1.16 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
48
51 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sowerby

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.4%
  • Serious4833%
  • Slight9766%

What the data shows

  • Sowerby had 24 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 4% fewer than the 25 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 34% of collisions in Sowerby were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 45 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sowerby, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Sowerby.

Where Sowerby ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,300th
Most casualties
2,489th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,780th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (14%)
  • Tuesday25 (17%)
  • Wednesday20 (14%)
  • Thursday20 (14%)
  • Friday32 (22%)
  • Saturday10 (6.8%)
  • Sunday19 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight106 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (2.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway137 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (2.7%)
  • Roundabout4 (2.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (5.4%)
  • 30 mph126 (86%)
  • 40 mph3 (2%)
  • 60 mph6 (4.1%)
  • 70 mph4 (2.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds121 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (2.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant64 (37%)
  • Pedestrian43 (25%)
  • Cyclist31 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist29 (17%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sowerby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sowerby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sowerby peaked at 9 in 1991; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202411
202344
202255
202122
202011
201911
201811
201744
201611
201511
201433
201312
201211
201155
201056
200933
200800
200758
200611
200555
200411
200322
200236
200133
200056
199955
199844
199755
199667
199526
199433
199323
199222
1991910
199011
198978
198866
198700
198646
198544
198412
198334
198233
198156
198033
197945

Map of recent crashes in Sowerby

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sowerby

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sowerby

The 24 most recent collisions in Sowerby happened between 21 March 2016 and 22 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sowerby

The B1448 has the most collisions in Sowerby, 62 of 147 (42%), followed by the A61 (24).

Collisions in Sowerby on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB14486269221
2ndA61242904
3rdA1684602

Council area for Sowerby

Sowerby is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sowerby accounts for 0.1% of them.

Postcode district for Sowerby

All 147 collisions in Sowerby were in the YO7 postcode district.