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

Police recorded 70 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Dalton & Dawdon ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 104 casualties. Of those collisions, 13 were serious and none fatal.

No collisions were recorded here in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
70
10,763rd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
104
1.49 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the SR7 8LD hotspot

13 of the 70 collisions here (19%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1319%
  • Slight5781%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
14
Slightly injured
90
All casualties
104

Accidents by year at the SR7 8LD hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 8 in 2004, against an average of 2.8 a year from 2001 to 2025.

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

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202333
202223
202111
202011
201911
201833
2017310
201623
201522
201411
201367
201224
201111
201047
200946
200846
200768
200636
2005310
200489
200345
200212
200144

Map of crashes at the SR7 8LD hotspot

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

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Dalton & Dawdon, County Durham, SR7 8LD 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 SR7 8LD 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 8LD
Postcode district
SR7
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.82958, -1.36931
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
26 October 2024
Rank by collisions
10,763rd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SR7 8LD hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the B1285, with 41 of 70, followed by the A19 with 20.

Collisions at the SR7 8LD hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1285415705
2ndA19203506
3rdB12873501

Towns near the SR7 8LD hotspot

22 of the 70 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Seaham.

Accident hotspots near SR7 8LD

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Dalton & Dawdon, County Durham, SR7 8AU area, 1.1 km away, with 265 collisions.

All 70 crashes at the SR7 8LD hotspot

Newest first, from 15 June 2001 to 26 October 2024, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year