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Lumley & West Rainton, County Durham, DH4 6RQ area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 98 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Lumley & West Rainton ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 164 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 17 were serious.

No collisions were recorded here in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
98
8,077th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
164
1.67 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the DH4 6RQ hotspot

19 of the 98 collisions here (19%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal22%
  • Serious1717%
  • Slight7981%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
17
Slightly injured
145
All casualties
164

Accidents by year at the DH4 6RQ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 8 in 2017, against an average of 3.9 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the DH4 6RQ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202423
202337
202246
202133
202000
201934
201834
2017823
201647
201567
201444
201357
201233
201146
2010710
200934
200835
2007813
2006611
200569
200424
2003511
2002410
200123

Map of crashes at the DH4 6RQ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DH4 6RQ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Lumley & West Rainton, County Durham, DH4 6RQ 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 DH4 6RQ 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
Lumley & West Rainton
Council area
County Durham
Nearest postcode to the centre
DH4 6RQ
Postcode district
DH4
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.81096, -1.5057
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
23 of 25
Latest collision
11 September 2024
Rank by collisions
8,077th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the DH4 6RQ hotspot

49 of the 98 collisions at this hotspot were on the A690.

Collisions at the DH4 6RQ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA690499829

Towns near the DH4 6RQ hotspot

52 of the 98 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of West Rainton.

Accident hotspots near DH4 6RQ

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Houghton South & Hetton Downs, Sunderland, DH5 9RL area, 2.6 km away, with 76 collisions.

All 98 crashes at the DH4 6RQ hotspot

Newest first, from 22 January 2001 to 11 September 2024, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year