The A165: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 146 people were killed or seriously injured in 125 collisions on the A165, making it the 87th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
125
serious or fatal collisions
146
people killed or seriously injured
11
collisions that took a life
#87
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A165 carries 484 recorded injury collisions over the period, 125 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Kingston upon Hull, City of, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, with 1 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 9%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2022 with 28 serious collisions, and the count is down 19% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A165
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Kingston upon Hull, City of73 KSI
- East Riding of Yorkshire34 KSI
- North Yorkshire13 KSI
- Scarborough5 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A165
2025: 22 (up 10% on the year before) · peak 28 in 2022 · -18.5% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A165
How many accidents happen on the A165?
Police recorded 484 injury collisions on the A165 over 2021–2025, of which 125 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 146 people killed or seriously injured, including 11 fatal collisions.
Is the A165 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 87 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 80 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A165 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Kingston upon Hull, City of, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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