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Tadcaster road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 328 road traffic collisions in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 392 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 84 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
328
1,474th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
392
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
84
98 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Tadcaster

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.5%
  • Serious8426%
  • Slight23973%

What the data shows

  • Tadcaster had 32 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 58 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Tadcaster were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 60 children under 16 were killed or injured in Tadcaster, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Tadcaster.

Where Tadcaster ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,474th
Most casualties
1,546th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,266th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday34 (10%)
  • Tuesday55 (17%)
  • Wednesday52 (16%)
  • Thursday47 (14%)
  • Friday66 (20%)
  • Saturday41 (13%)
  • Sunday33 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight247 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit76 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway313 (95%)
  • One way street or slip road13 (4%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph300 (91%)
  • 40 mph12 (3.7%)
  • 60 mph14 (4.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds284 (87%)
  • Raining, no high winds28 (8.5%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant172 (44%)
  • Pedestrian73 (19%)
  • Cyclist67 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist64 (16%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant5 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.3%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Tadcaster road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Tadcaster, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Tadcaster peaked at 16 in 1995; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202411
202344
202211
202144
202000
201922
201844
201745
201667
201555
201422
2013810
201222
201145
201033
2009910
20081010
200745
20061115
200577
20041111
200366
20021218
2001812
200044
19991113
1998912
19971416
1996810
19951625
199445
199367
199267
19911212
1990611
198988
198866
198700
1986812
198578
19841516
19831212
19821118
19811418
19801010
197977

Map of recent crashes in Tadcaster

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Tadcaster

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Tadcaster

The 24 most recent collisions in Tadcaster happened between 6 June 2017 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Tadcaster

The A659 has the most collisions in Tadcaster, 193 of 328 (59%), followed by the A162 (6).

Collisions in Tadcaster on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA659193231252
2ndA1626803

Council area for Tadcaster

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

Postcode district for Tadcaster

All 328 collisions in Tadcaster were in the LS24 postcode district.