Road crashes in York

11,523 recorded collisions since 2000.

York has recorded 11,523 road collisions since 2000, 129 of them fatal and 1,537 causing serious injury. That makes it the 112th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.2 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 46% since 2000, from 565 to 304 in 2024. The A1036 is the most affected road locally, with 1,112 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.