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Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, County Durham, DH1 3RB area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 615 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 781 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 70 were serious.

In 2025 there were 26 collisions here, up from 10 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
615
855th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
781
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
26
Up 160% on 2024

Crash severity at the DH1 3RB hotspot

73 of the 615 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.5%
  • Serious7011%
  • Slight54288%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
77
Slightly injured
701
All casualties
781

Accidents by year at the DH1 3RB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 39 in 2003, against an average of 25 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the DH1 3RB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252638
20241013
20231515
20221111
20211414
202089
20192122
20181415
20173034
20161214
20152530
20142540
20132228
20122529
20113546
20103041
20092839
20083443
20073245
20062933
20052945
20042936
20033945
20023657
20013639

Map of crashes at the DH1 3RB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DH1 3RB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Elvet, Gilesgate & Shincliffe, County Durham, DH1 3RB 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 3RB 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 3RB
Postcode district
DH1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.77601, -1.5766
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
10 December 2025
Rank by collisions
855th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the DH1 3RB hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A690, with 201 of 615, followed by the A691 with 25.

Collisions at the DH1 3RB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA690201275022
2ndA691253902
3rdA177212805
4thA1671100
5thB64431100

Towns near the DH1 3RB hotspot

570 of the 615 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Durham.

Accident hotspots near DH1 3RB

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Neville's Cross, County Durham, DH1 4TL area, 0.9 km away, with 67 collisions.

All 615 crashes at the DH1 3RB hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 10 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year