Slight
Mini One crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 24 Nov 2025, 13:34
- Mini One and Yamaha MT
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025111673073
Chester-le-Street South, County Durham, DH2 2EP area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 172 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Chester-le-Street South ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 246 casualties. Of those collisions, 19 were serious and none fatal.
In 2025 there were 5 collisions here, up from 1 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 172
- 4,927th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 246
- 1.43 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 0
- No one killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 5
- 1 in 2024
Crash severity at the DH2 2EP hotspot
19 of the 172 collisions here (11%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal00%
- Serious1911%
- Slight15389%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 0
- Seriously injured
- 20
- Slightly injured
- 226
- All casualties
- 246
Accidents by year at the DH2 2EP hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 17 in 2001, against an average of 6.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the DH2 2EP hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 5
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 11 | 13 |
| 2015 | 10 | 16 |
| 2014 | 11 | 28 |
| 2013 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 |
| 2011 | 7 | 8 |
| 2010 | 8 | 13 |
| 2009 | 8 | 14 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9 |
| 2006 | 11 | 15 |
| 2005 | 12 | 16 |
| 2004 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | 11 | 22 |
| 2002 | 12 | 19 |
| 2001 | 17 | 21 |
Map of crashes at the DH2 2EP hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DH2 2EP.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Chester-le-Street South, County Durham, DH2 2EP area accident hotspot
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 48 crashes
- Serious
- Slight
Centre of the hotspot
Hotspot area, 700 m radius
Details of the DH2 2EP 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
- Chester-le-Street South
- Council area
- County Durham
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- DH2 2EP
- Postcode district
- DH2
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 54.85404, -1.58989
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 24 November 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 4,927th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the DH2 2EP hotspot
115 of the 172 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Chester-le-Street.
Accident hotspots near DH2 2EP
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Chester-le-Street North, County Durham, DH3 3AZ area, 1.1 km away, with 330 collisions.
- Chester-le-Street North, County Durham, DH3 3AZ area1.1 km away, 419 casualties330 collisions
- Chester-le-Street North, County Durham, DH2 2LT area1.2 km away, 121 casualties81 collisions
- North Lodge, County Durham, DH3 3SA area1.7 km away, 647 casualties460 collisions
- Pelton, County Durham, DH2 1DX area2.5 km away, 220 casualties154 collisions
- North Lodge, County Durham, DH3 2BP area3 km away, 168 casualties118 collisions
- Sacriston & Witton Gilbert, County Durham, DH7 6DX area3.4 km away, 143 casualties68 collisions
- Sacriston & Witton Gilbert, County Durham, DH2 3QD area3.6 km away, 111 casualties82 collisions
- Pelton, County Durham, DH2 1QE area3.7 km away, 135 casualties77 collisions
All 172 crashes at the DH2 2EP hotspot
Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 24 November 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the B6313 in County Durham, 15 Oct 2025, 09:35
- Peugeot 207 and Volkswagen Golf
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025111655574
- Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 15 Aug 2025, 16:08
- Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Juke
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025111629386
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 30 Apr 2025, 15:10
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025111584458
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 23 Jan 2025, 16:01
- Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Qashqai
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025111545626
- Slight
Hyundai i20 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 21 Jun 2024, 15:39
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024111471144
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6313 in County Durham, 4 Nov 2023, 20:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023111370946
- Slight
Kia Sportage crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 17 Oct 2023, 18:15
- Kia Sportage and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023111364584
- Slight
Vauxhall Mokka crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 29 Jul 2023, 13:49
- Vauxhall Mokka and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023111339406
- Slight
Citroen Relay crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 28 Feb 2023, 07:52
- Citroen Relay and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023111282162
- Slight
Citroen C2 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 24 Jan 2023, 21:10
- Citroen C2 and Vauxhall Astra
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023111267746
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 31 Oct 2022, 08:11
- Ford Focus and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022111236636
- Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 16 Oct 2022, 16:31
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2022111231424
- Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 11 Jan 2022, 15:45
- Volkswagen Crafter and Citroen C1
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022111131461
- Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 20 Apr 2021, 07:30
- Vauxhall Insignia and Peugeot 308
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021111048396
- Slight
Citroen C3 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 3 Sep 2020, 15:05
- Citroen C3 and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020110978359
- Slight
Citroen C3 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 16 Jun 2020, 17:30
- Citroen C3 and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020110963523
- Serious
Scania crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 30 Jan 2020, 17:10
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020110926588
- Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 4 Apr 2019, 08:10
- Volkswagen Polo and Honda Jazz
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019110831570
- Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 14 Nov 2018, 12:48
- Vauxhall Insignia and Peugeot 207
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018110803230
- Serious
Hyundai ix20 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 1 Apr 2018, 18:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018110284378
- Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 9 Feb 2018, 16:15
- Toyota Aygo and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018110270639
- Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B6313 in County Durham, 9 Oct 2017, 20:21
- Renault Clio and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017110238183
- Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on a C road in County Durham, 13 Jun 2017, 17:40
- Mercedes C Class and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017110196242
- Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in County Durham, 5 May 2017, 15:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017110184210
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 18 Jan 2017, 19:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017110154713
- Slight
Nissan Juke crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 12 Dec 2016, 15:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110139311
- Slight
Ford C-Max crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 4 Nov 2016, 08:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110130225
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in County Durham, 1 Oct 2016, 17:48
- Ford Fiesta, Peugeot 406 and a car
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110117975
- Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 11 Aug 2016, 17:20
- Hyundai i30 and Citroen Nemo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110107572
- Slight
Citroen C1 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 29 Jul 2016, 16:05
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110094931
- Slight
Ford KA crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 27 Jul 2016, 10:00
- Ford KA and Vauxhall Insignia
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110094155
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 18 Jul 2016, 18:39
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110091425
- Slight
Nissan Note crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 29 May 2016, 20:30
- Nissan Note and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110075198
- Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B6313 in County Durham, 29 Apr 2016, 12:35
- Audi A3 and Toyota Yaris
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016110065106
- Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 22 Apr 2016, 19:45
- A bicycle and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110064067
- Serious
Ford crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 21 Jan 2016, 11:20
- Ford and Daewoo Kalos
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201611NG01276
- Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 8 Dec 2015, 08:31
- Suzuki Swift, Hyundai Getz and Vauxhall Astra
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201511NG25475
- Slight
Scania crash on a C road in County Durham, 26 Oct 2015, 09:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201511NG22085
- Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on a C road in County Durham, 9 Oct 2015, 15:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201511NG20845
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B6313 in County Durham, 7 Oct 2015, 07:08
- Vauxhall Corsa and Scania
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201511NG20215
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 30 Aug 2015, 18:55
- Vauxhall Astra and Toyota Aygo
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201511NG18545
- Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on a C road in County Durham, 23 Jun 2015, 11:15
- Fiat Doblo and a taxi
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201511NG11865
- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on a C road in County Durham, 28 Mar 2015, 14:00
- Ford Mondeo and Toyota Aygo
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201511NG06245
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in County Durham, 6 Mar 2015, 22:20
- Vauxhall Astra and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201511NG04375
- Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B6313 in County Durham, 15 Feb 2015, 17:35
- Audi A3 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 201511NG03185
- Slight
Citroen Relay crash on a C road in County Durham, 15 Jan 2015, 11:05
- Citroen Relay and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201511NG01245
- Slight
Hyundai Getz crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 20 Nov 2014, 18:15
- Hyundai Getz and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201411NG27144