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Benfieldside, County Durham, DH8 0SL area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 66 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Benfieldside ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 89 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 10 were serious.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
66
11,326th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
89
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the DH8 0SL hotspot

11 of the 66 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.5%
  • Serious1015%
  • Slight5583%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
10
Slightly injured
78
All casualties
89

Accidents by year at the DH8 0SL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 6 in 2013, against an average of 2.6 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the DH8 0SL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202311
202200
202100
202033
201911
201833
201711
201644
201546
201423
201367
201222
201134
201033
200934
200845
200700
200657
200547
200411
200346
2002514
200144

Map of crashes at the DH8 0SL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DH8 0SL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Benfieldside, County Durham, DH8 0SL area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the DH8 0SL hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Benfieldside
Council area
County Durham
Nearest postcode to the centre
DH8 0SL
Postcode district
DH8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.86975, -1.85634
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
22 of 25
Latest collision
1 September 2025
Rank by collisions
11,326th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the DH8 0SL hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A694, with 15 of 66, followed by the A691 with 12.

Collisions at the DH8 0SL hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA694152602
2ndA691121702
3rdB6310101102

Towns near the DH8 0SL hotspot

50 of the 66 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Consett.

Accident hotspots near DH8 0SL

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Benfieldside, County Durham, DH8 8TU area, 1.3 km away, with 150 collisions.

All 66 crashes at the DH8 0SL hotspot

Newest first, from 10 March 2001 to 1 September 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year