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Shildon & Dene Valley, County Durham, DL14 6SQ area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 66 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Shildon & Dene Valley ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 110 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 6 were serious.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, up from none in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
66
11,326th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
110
1.67 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Crash severity at the DL14 6SQ hotspot

8 of the 66 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal23%
  • Serious69.1%
  • Slight5888%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
8
Slightly injured
100
All casualties
110

Accidents by year at the DL14 6SQ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2004, against an average of 2.6 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the DL14 6SQ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202400
202345
202212
2021416
202011
201911
201846
201716
201646
201547
201400
201300
201247
201134
201034
200958
200834
200766
200611
200524
2004711
200324
200244
200111

Map of crashes at the DL14 6SQ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DL14 6SQ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Shildon & Dene Valley, County Durham, DL14 6SQ 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 DL14 6SQ 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
Shildon & Dene Valley
Council area
County Durham
Nearest postcode to the centre
DL14 6SQ
Postcode district
DL14
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.64841, -1.66651
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
22 of 25
Latest collision
2 November 2025
Rank by collisions
11,326th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the DL14 6SQ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B6282, with 27 of 66, followed by the A688 with 16.

Collisions at the DL14 6SQ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6282274403
2ndA688163303

Towns near the DL14 6SQ hotspot

23 of the 66 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Bishop Auckland.

Accident hotspots near DL14 6SQ

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6HF area, 0.9 km away, with 414 collisions.

All 66 crashes at the DL14 6SQ hotspot

Newest first, from 29 November 2001 to 2 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year