The Department for Transport has not undertaken an assessment of road safety on the A1079. As part of the local authority's Primary Route Network, this road is the responsibility of the East Riding of Yorkshire council. It is for the council to assess the needs and priorities of all the roads within its control and decide how best to target its resources.
The numbers of casualties resulting from reported personal injury road accidents that were (a) killed and (b) injured on the A1079 in 2002 to 2006 are shown in the table.
Killed Injured1 2002 3 246 2003 4 255 2004 5 198 2005 11 184 2006 2 154 1 Seriously or slightly injured