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Derwent & Pont Valley, County Durham, DH8 6PH area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 63 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Derwent & Pont Valley ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 111 casualties. Of those collisions, 11 were serious and none fatal.

In 2025 there were 3 collisions here, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
63
11,739th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
111
1.76 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the DH8 6PH hotspot

11 of the 63 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1117%
  • Slight5283%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
14
Slightly injured
97
All casualties
111

Accidents by year at the DH8 6PH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2002, against an average of 2.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the DH8 6PH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202539
202411
202300
202225
202149
202011
201911
201811
201736
201634
201537
201422
201312
201223
201114
201022
200937
200869
200711
200611
200533
200412
200348
2002713
2001710

Map of crashes at the DH8 6PH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DH8 6PH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Derwent & Pont Valley, County Durham, DH8 6PH 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 DH8 6PH 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
Derwent & Pont Valley
Council area
County Durham
Nearest postcode to the centre
DH8 6PH
Postcode district
DH8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.88052, -1.82431
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
6 August 2025
Rank by collisions
11,739th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the DH8 6PH hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B6309, with 24 of 63, followed by the B6310 with 17.

Collisions at the DH8 6PH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6309244703
2ndB6310173502
3rdB6308132004

Accident hotspots near DH8 6PH

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Consett North, County Durham, DH8 6QQ area, 1.5 km away, with 81 collisions.

All 63 crashes at the DH8 6PH hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 6 August 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year