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Shildon & Dene Valley, County Durham, DL14 8JB area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 84 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Shildon & Dene Valley ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 121 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 15 were serious.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
84
9,231st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
121
1.44 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the DL14 8JB hotspot

16 of the 84 collisions here (19%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.2%
  • Serious1518%
  • Slight6881%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
17
Slightly injured
103
All casualties
121

Accidents by year at the DL14 8JB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2005, against an average of 3.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the DL14 8JB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202333
202223
202100
202034
201923
201844
201700
201636
201523
201469
201322
201237
201133
201044
200958
200869
200756
200658
2005716
200445
200345
200256
200134

Map of crashes at the DL14 8JB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DL14 8JB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Shildon & Dene Valley, County Durham, DL14 8JB area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the DL14 8JB 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 8JB
Postcode district
DL14
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.6602, -1.61708
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
23 of 25
Latest collision
21 April 2025
Rank by collisions
9,231st of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the DL14 8JB hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A689, with 38 of 84, followed by the B6287 with 14.

Collisions at the DL14 8JB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA689385715
2ndB6287142202

Towns near the DL14 8JB hotspot

32 of the 84 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Coundon and Leeholme.

Accident hotspots near DL14 8JB

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Shildon & Dene Valley, County Durham, DL14 8PY area, 1.4 km away, with 126 collisions.

All 84 crashes at the DL14 8JB hotspot

Newest first, from 2 May 2001 to 21 April 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year