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Dalton & Dawdon, County Durham, SR7 8AU area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 265 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Dalton & Dawdon ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 343 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 42 were serious.

In 2025 there were 10 collisions here, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
265
3,068th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
343
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
10
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the SR7 8AU hotspot

44 of the 265 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.8%
  • Serious4216%
  • Slight22183%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
46
Slightly injured
295
All casualties
343

Accidents by year at the SR7 8AU hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 27 in 2002, against an average of 11 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SR7 8AU hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251013
202455
202333
202255
202178
202044
2019913
20181329
20171217
2016910
201557
2014810
2013811
20121724
20111214
20101111
2009912
20081014
20071520
200678
20051617
20041922
20031418
20022735
20011013

Map of crashes at the SR7 8AU hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SR7 8AU.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Dalton & Dawdon, County Durham, SR7 8AU 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 SR7 8AU 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
Dalton & Dawdon
Council area
County Durham
Nearest postcode to the centre
SR7 8AU
Postcode district
SR7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.83801, -1.36102
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
15 December 2025
Rank by collisions
3,068th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SR7 8AU hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B1285, with 72 of 265, followed by the B1404 with 54.

Collisions at the SR7 8AU hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB12857295116
2ndB1404548119
3rdB1251100
4thB14321100

Towns near the SR7 8AU hotspot

260 of the 265 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Seaham.

Accident hotspots near SR7 8AU

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Dalton & Dawdon, County Durham, SR7 8LD area, 1.1 km away, with 70 collisions.

All 265 crashes at the SR7 8AU hotspot

Newest first, from 11 January 2001 to 15 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year