Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 9 Dec 2024, 14:00
- Skoda Octavia, Renault Clio and Skoda Fabia
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024101538466
Houghton South & Hetton Downs, Sunderland, DH5 9RL area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 76 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Houghton South & Hetton Downs ward, Sunderland, from 2001 to 2025, with 112 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 16 were serious.
No collisions were recorded here in 2025, after 1 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 76
- 10,054th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 112
- 1.47 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 3
- 4 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 0
- 1 in 2024
Crash severity at the DH5 9RL hotspot
19 of the 76 collisions here (25%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal33.9%
- Serious1621%
- Slight5775%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 4
- Seriously injured
- 18
- Slightly injured
- 90
- All casualties
- 112
Accidents by year at the DH5 9RL hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2014, against an average of 3.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the DH5 9RL hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 5 | 8 |
| 2014 | 9 | 12 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 13 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 |
| 2001 | 2 | 5 |
Map of crashes at the DH5 9RL hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DH5 9RL.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Houghton South & Hetton Downs, Sunderland, DH5 9RL 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 DH5 9RL 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
- Houghton South & Hetton Downs
- Council area
- Sunderland
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- DH5 9RL
- Postcode district
- DH5
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 54.8259, -1.47391
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 24 of 25
- Latest collision
- 9 December 2024
- Rank by collisions
- 10,054th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the DH5 9RL hotspot
Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Houghton-le-Spring had the most collisions, 15 of 76.
Accident hotspots near DH5 9RL
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Hetton, Sunderland, DH5 9JG area, 1.5 km away, with 219 collisions.
- Hetton, Sunderland, DH5 9JG area1.5 km away, 280 casualties219 collisions
- Houghton North, Sunderland, DH4 4DH area1.7 km away, 335 casualties264 collisions
- Houghton North, Sunderland, DH4 6HU area2.6 km away, 203 casualties168 collisions
- Lumley & West Rainton, County Durham, DH4 6RQ area2.6 km away, 164 casualties98 collisions
- Houghton North, Sunderland, DH4 4FB area3 km away, 206 casualties157 collisions
- Hetton, Sunderland, DH5 0NB area3.1 km away, 206 casualties141 collisions
- Houghton South & Hetton Downs, Sunderland, DH4 4NN area4 km away, 195 casualties120 collisions
- Lumley & West Rainton, County Durham, DH4 6DU area4.1 km away, 121 casualties89 collisions
All 76 crashes at the DH5 9RL hotspot
Newest first, from 21 March 2001 to 9 December 2024, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 3 Nov 2023, 02:38
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2023101370061
- Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on a C road in Sunderland, 14 Jul 2023, 11:20
- Mercedes Sprinter and Mazda CX-5
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023101330291
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 13 Jan 2022, 15:00
- Vauxhall Corsa and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022101131704
- Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 20 Jan 2021, 16:30
- Citroen C4 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021101016028
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 25 Oct 2020, 11:30
- Ford Focus and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2020100993692
- Fatal
Citroen C4 crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 8 Nov 2019, 10:10
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019100897522
- Serious
Mazda 3 crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 12 Jun 2019, 08:46
- Mazda 3 and BMW 2 Series
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019100847420
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 28 Mar 2019, 07:24
- Renault Clio, Volkswagen Polo and Skoda Octavia
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019100827410
- Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 20 Sep 2018, 16:54
- Peugeot 307 and Audi A3
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018100328782
- Serious
Renault Clio crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 19 Jul 2018, 17:36
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018100311662
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 28 Oct 2017, 00:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2017100233982
- Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 9 Aug 2017, 18:20
- Nissan Qashqai and BMW 5 Series
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017100209299
- Serious
Lexmoto XTR 125 crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 5 Jun 2016, 17:31
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016100072325
- Slight
Scania crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 2 Apr 2016, 15:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2016100061134
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 15 Nov 2015, 06:28
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015100709915
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 9 Sep 2015, 13:50
- Ford Focus and Vauxhall Zafira
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015100554515
- Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 2 Aug 2015, 18:24
- Nissan Micra and Seat Ibiza
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2015100451315
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 27 Jul 2015, 18:38
- Renault Clio and Mini Cooper
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2015100436515
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 23 Jan 2015, 17:07
- Ford Focus and a van
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2015100032015
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 29 Nov 2014, 10:11
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2014100709714
- Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 5 Nov 2014, 18:22
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2014100664314
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 2 Nov 2014, 04:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2014100657014
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 22 Jul 2014, 08:45
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014100492414
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 8 Jun 2014, 15:00
- Volkswagen Golf and Seat Leon
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2014100312514
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 17 May 2014, 09:23
- Volkswagen Polo and Mazda 2
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2014100265614
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 8 May 2014, 10:07
- Ford Focus and Honda Jazz
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014100271914
- Slight
Alfa Romeo Mito crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 26 Feb 2014, 08:43
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2014100108414
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 18 Jan 2014, 19:30
- Renault Clio and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2014100038214
- Slight
Mitsubishi Space Star crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 4 Oct 2013, 08:54
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2013100526113
- Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 21 Jul 2013, 14:26
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2013100386013
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 2 Jul 2013, 20:40
- Ford Focus and Vauxhall Insignia
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2013100328213
- Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 14 Apr 2013, 15:05
- Citroen C3 and Peugeot 307
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2013100242713
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 15 Feb 2013, 23:08
- Renault Clio and a car
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2013100248013
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 9 Feb 2013, 06:05
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2013100063013
- Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 31 Jan 2013, 13:56
- Vauxhall Meriva and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2013100066213
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 16 Dec 2012, 09:14
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2012100719712
- Serious
Honda CBR600RR crash on an unclassified road in Sunderland, 29 Sep 2011, 15:20
- Honda CBR600RR and Volvo V70
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2011100576911
- Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 8 Jul 2011, 23:59
- Nissan Micra and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2011100392211
- Slight
Fiat Doblo crash on a C road in Sunderland, 9 Jan 2011, 00:15
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2011100003711
- Serious
Suzuki GSXR 1000 crash on a C road in Sunderland, 28 Apr 2010, 17:56
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2010100266510
- Serious
Citroen C3 crash on a C road in Sunderland, 6 Oct 2009, 17:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2009100679109
- Slight
MG ZR crash on the B1260 in Sunderland, 10 Apr 2009, 05:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2009100237409
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 7 Nov 2008, 22:30
- Ford Fiesta, 3 Volvo S60s and another vehicle
- 5 vehicles, 5 casualties
Ref 2008100809408
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 16 Mar 2008, 14:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2008100283908
- Slight
Ford S-Max crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 26 Nov 2007, 09:04
- Ford S-Max and Renault Clio
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2007100849007
- Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B1284 in Sunderland, 21 Jul 2007, 08:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2007100502107
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A690 in Sunderland, 14 Apr 2007, 14:51
- 1 vehicle, 5 casualties
Ref 2007100252007