Slight
Tesla Model 3 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 12 Oct 2025, 02:50
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025111654779
Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, County Durham, DH1 1LJ area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 125 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 177 casualties. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 10 were serious.
In 2025 there were 2 collisions here, up from 1 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 125
- 6,544th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 177
- 1.42 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 6
- 6 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 2
- 1 in 2024
Crash severity at the DH1 1LJ hotspot
16 of the 125 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal64.8%
- Serious108%
- Slight10987%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 6
- Seriously injured
- 11
- Slightly injured
- 160
- All casualties
- 177
Accidents by year at the DH1 1LJ hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 13 in 2009, against an average of 5.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the DH1 1LJ hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 2
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 11 | 18 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010 | 6 | 8 |
| 2009 | 13 | 15 |
| 2008 | 8 | 20 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 7 | 11 |
| 2002 | 5 | 6 |
| 2001 | 11 | 13 |
Map of crashes at the DH1 1LJ hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DH1 1LJ.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, County Durham, DH1 1LJ 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 DH1 1LJ 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
- Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe
- Council area
- County Durham
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- DH1 1LJ
- Postcode district
- DH1
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 54.7793, -1.56295
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 12 October 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 6,544th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the DH1 1LJ hotspot
111 of the 125 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Durham.
Accident hotspots near DH1 1LJ
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, County Durham, DH1 3RB area, 1 km away, with 615 collisions.
- Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, County Durham, DH1 3RB area1 km away, 781 casualties615 collisions
- Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, County Durham, DH1 2JQ area1.1 km away, 321 casualties235 collisions
- Neville's Cross, County Durham, DH1 3LE area1.5 km away, 98 casualties67 collisions
- Neville's Cross, County Durham, DH1 4TL area1.5 km away, 85 casualties67 collisions
- Framwellgate & Newton Hall, County Durham, DH1 5AJ area2.2 km away, 473 casualties366 collisions
- Neville's Cross, County Durham, DH1 4JQ area2.3 km away, 295 casualties201 collisions
- Belmont, County Durham, DH1 1AF area2.5 km away, 398 casualties282 collisions
- Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, County Durham, DH1 2SE area2.7 km away, 226 casualties118 collisions
All 125 crashes at the DH1 1LJ hotspot
Newest first, from 25 January 2001 to 12 October 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A181 in County Durham, 28 Mar 2025, 19:12
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2025111570833
- Fatal
Peugeot 208 crash on the A690 in County Durham, 30 Jan 2024, 21:09
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024111404582
- Serious
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 15 Sep 2023, 15:29
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023111352919
- Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A690 in County Durham, 9 Jul 2023, 18:00
- BMW 1 Series and Wrightbus Streetlite
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023111328102
- Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 13 Jun 2023, 09:55
- Nissan Qashqai and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023111321592
- Slight
Car crash on the A690 in County Durham, 17 Nov 2022, 08:40
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022111246481
- Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A690 in County Durham, 16 Mar 2022, 15:56
- Volkswagen Tiguan and Fiat 500
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022111156164
- Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 17 May 2021, 14:30
- Skoda Octavia and Volkswagen Tiguan
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021111048698
- Fatal
Vauxhall Antara crash on the A690 in County Durham, 23 Jan 2020, 02:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020110922321
- Fatal
Toyota Avensis crash on the A690 in County Durham, 31 Aug 2019, 02:41
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019110873113
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 26 Jun 2019, 09:40
- Ford Fiesta and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019110855772
- Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A690 in County Durham, 25 Feb 2019, 10:28
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019110819833
- Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 8 Feb 2019, 15:25
- Mercedes Sprinter and a van
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019110815692
- Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A181 in County Durham, 11 Jul 2018, 16:20
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018110311405
- Serious
Optare Solo crash on the A181 in County Durham, 19 Apr 2018, 12:23
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018110287820
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A690 in County Durham, 2 Nov 2017, 00:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017110247314
- Slight
Car crash on the A690 in County Durham, 27 Oct 2017, 21:57
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017110241947
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A181 in County Durham, 7 Jul 2017, 18:10
- Vauxhall Corsa and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017110205201
- Slight
Honda CBR125R crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 4 Feb 2017, 19:34
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2017110159048
- Slight
Nissan Leaf crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 13 Aug 2016, 11:24
- Nissan Leaf, Optare Solo and a bus or coach
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110101384
- Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A690 in County Durham, 7 Apr 2016, 16:15
- Citroen Berlingo and Volkswagen Beetle
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2016110059010
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A690 in County Durham, 12 Feb 2016, 15:37
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201611ND04366
- Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 20 Aug 2015, 19:20
- Ford Galaxy and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201511ND17465
- Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A690 in County Durham, 18 Aug 2015, 16:55
- Vauxhall Vectra, Audi SQ5 and Optare Solo
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201511ND17035
- Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A690 in County Durham, 18 Aug 2015, 04:55
- Vauxhall Vectra, Audi SQ5 and Optare Solo
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201511ND19705
- Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the A690 in County Durham, 31 Jul 2015, 03:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201511ND15255
- Slight
Seat Arosa crash on the A690 in County Durham, 28 Jul 2015, 18:50
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201511ND15025
- Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A690 in County Durham, 22 Jul 2015, 07:50
- Vauxhall Astra and Honda CG125
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201511ND14455
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A690 in County Durham, 10 Apr 2015, 15:58
- Ford Fiesta and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201511ND06075
- Slight
Hyundai i30 crash on the A181 in County Durham, 30 Mar 2015, 13:29
- Hyundai i30 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201511ND05955
- Slight
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on the A690 in County Durham, 6 Jun 2014, 16:20
- Land Rover Range Rover Sport, Vauxhall Zafira and Yamaha Ybr 125
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 201411ND12714
- Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the A181 in County Durham, 6 May 2014, 07:15
- Toyota Hilux and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201411ND10284
- Serious
Honda NT650V crash on the A181 in County Durham, 9 Mar 2014, 13:30
- Honda NT650V and Vauxhall Meriva
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201411ND05414
- Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 14 Sep 2013, 14:50
- Seat Ibiza, Keeway TX 125, a motorcycle and a car
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201311ND21053
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 11 Jun 2013, 14:10
- Ford Focus and Peugeot Bipper
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201311ND12343
- Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the A690 in County Durham, 7 May 2013, 08:23
- Nissan Almera and Vauxhall Vectra
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201311ND09263
- Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A181 in County Durham, 23 Apr 2013, 14:50
- Ford Transit Connect and Citroen C3
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201311ND08563
- Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A181 in County Durham, 27 Feb 2013, 15:30
- Hyundai i10, Dennis and Ford Fiesta
- 3 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 201311ND04703
- Fatal
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 10 Nov 2012, 02:35
- Vauxhall Astra, Volkswagen Scirocco, Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen Golf
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201211ND26822
- Slight
Optare crash on the A690 in County Durham, 17 Sep 2012, 09:30
- Optare and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201211ND23002
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A181 in County Durham, 11 Jul 2012, 15:20
- Ford Fiesta and Nissan Juke
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201211ND16992
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A690 in County Durham, 15 Jun 2012, 01:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201211ND14702
- Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A690 in County Durham, 12 Jun 2012, 14:45
- Ford Transit Connect, Vauxhall Astra and Honda Civic
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201211ND14282
- Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A690 in County Durham, 6 Jun 2012, 06:05
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201211ND13922
- Slight
Suzuki Liana crash on the A181 in County Durham, 31 May 2012, 11:55
- Suzuki Liana, Vauxhall Astra and Citroen C2
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201211ND13692
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A690 in County Durham, 22 May 2012, 16:59
- Volkswagen Golf and Renault Clio
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201211ND12522
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A181 in County Durham, 10 May 2012, 18:54
- Ford Focus and a taxi
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201211ND11532