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Whitby road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,053 road traffic collisions in Whitby, North Yorkshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,358 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 264 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 17 collisions, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,053
724th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,358
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
264
314 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
17
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
18
19 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whitby

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal100.9%
  • Serious26425%
  • Slight77974%

What the data shows

  • Whitby had 150 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 26% fewer than the 202 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Whitby were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 225 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whitby, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 25% of collisions in Whitby.

Where Whitby ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
724th
Most casualties
711th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
559th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday139 (13%)
  • Tuesday139 (13%)
  • Wednesday151 (14%)
  • Thursday160 (15%)
  • Friday158 (15%)
  • Saturday163 (15%)
  • Sunday143 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight824 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit200 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway901 (86%)
  • One way street or slip road82 (7.8%)
  • Roundabout55 (5.2%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded11 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph28 (2.7%)
  • 30 mph907 (86%)
  • 40 mph99 (9.4%)
  • 60 mph17 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds894 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds91 (8.6%)
  • Fine with high winds23 (2.2%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other14 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant586 (43%)
  • Pedestrian387 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist226 (17%)
  • Cyclist78 (5.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant31 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant19 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant19 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.1%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whitby road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whitby, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whitby peaked at 40 in 1981; 2025 had 17.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 17
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251718
20241419
20231317
20221721
20211723
202088
20191113
20181415
20171721
20162232
20151722
20141826
20131318
20122632
20111924
20102126
20092329
20082428
20072026
20062126
20051721
20042732
20032328
20022943
20011625
20002428
19993447
19982025
19972534
19962027
19953541
19942125
19931929
19922430
19912633
19902232
19892228
19883244
198700
19862842
19853242
19843856
19832733
19823639
19814052
19803641
19792837

Map of recent crashes in Whitby

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whitby

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whitby

The 24 most recent collisions in Whitby happened between 29 July 2024 and 9 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whitby

The A171 has the most collisions in Whitby, 307 of 1,053 (29%), followed by the A174 (114).

Collisions in Whitby on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA171307454394
2ndA174114151230
3rdB14604458015
4thB1416232705

Council area for Whitby

Whitby is in North Yorkshire, where police recorded 100,304 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whitby accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode districts in Whitby

Collisions in Whitby were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by YO21 (793) and YO22 (260).