Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 5 Dec 2025, 11:33
- Seat Ibiza and Volkswagen Beetle
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025111701065
Thornley & Wheatley Hill, County Durham, DH6 3LD area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 107 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Thornley & Wheatley Hill ward, County Durham, from 2001 to 2025, with 150 casualties. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 24 were serious.
In 2025 there were 3 collisions here, the same as in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 107
- 7,488th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 150
- 1.40 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 3
- 3 people killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 3
- 3 in 2024
Crash severity at the DH6 3LD hotspot
27 of the 107 collisions here (25%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal32.8%
- Serious2422%
- Slight8075%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 3
- Seriously injured
- 26
- Slightly injured
- 121
- All casualties
- 150
Accidents by year at the DH6 3LD hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2002, against an average of 4.3 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the DH6 3LD hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 3
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 8 | 11 |
| 2010 | 8 | 15 |
| 2009 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 6 | 10 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 5 | 6 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9 |
Map of crashes at the DH6 3LD hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DH6 3LD.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Thornley & Wheatley Hill, County Durham, DH6 3LD 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 DH6 3LD 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
- Thornley & Wheatley Hill
- Council area
- County Durham
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- DH6 3LD
- Postcode district
- DH6
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 54.74126, -1.41819
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 5 December 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 7,488th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the DH6 3LD hotspot
75 of the 107 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Wheatley Hill.
Accident hotspots near DH6 3LD
6 other hotspots lie within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Easington & Shotton, County Durham, DH6 2NL area, 2.8 km away, with 150 collisions.
- Easington & Shotton, County Durham, DH6 2NL area2.8 km away, 211 casualties150 collisions
- Trimdon & Wingate, County Durham, TS28 5FJ area2.9 km away, 223 casualties142 collisions
- Trimdon & Wingate, County Durham, TS28 5QA area3.2 km away, 96 casualties65 collisions
- Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 2LA area4.1 km away, 179 casualties123 collisions
- Easington & Shotton, County Durham, SR8 2HX area4.5 km away, 176 casualties130 collisions
- Trimdon & Wingate, County Durham, TS29 6QA area4.7 km away, 94 casualties66 collisions
All 107 crashes at the DH6 3LD hotspot
Newest first, from 5 February 2001 to 5 December 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 5 Oct 2025, 14:53
- Ford Transit, Nissan Qashqai, Ford Puma, a car and 2 more vehicles
- 6 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025111650551
- Slight
Nissan Juke crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 26 Jan 2025, 10:07
- Nissan Juke and Kia Sportage
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2025111546849
- Slight
Car crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 11 Aug 2024, 14:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024111479215
- Serious
Nissan Note crash on the A181 in County Durham, 28 May 2024, 06:40
- Nissan Note and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024111451460
- Serious
Seat Leon crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 18 Apr 2024, 15:20
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2024111433203
- Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 18 Sep 2023, 08:46
- Peugeot 107 and Renault Captur
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023111355984
- Serious
Nissan Juke crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 14 Oct 2022, 17:30
- Nissan Juke, Ford Focus and Audi Q3
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2022111230959
- Slight
Vauxhall Crossland crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 7 Apr 2022, 08:00
- Vauxhall Crossland and Vauxhall Corsa
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022111166692
- Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 19 Feb 2022, 23:53
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022111145274
- Slight
Mitsubishi Lancer crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 26 Jan 2022, 12:30
- Mitsubishi Lancer and Volkswagen Polo
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022111140695
- Slight
Skoda Superb crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 24 Jul 2021, 21:26
- Skoda Superb and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021111076339
- Slight
DAF crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 20 Jun 2021, 19:20
- DAF and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021111057722
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 13 Feb 2021, 16:36
- Vauxhall Corsa and Vauxhall Astra
- 2 vehicles, 7 casualties
Ref 2021111021451
- Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 6 Sep 2020, 19:59
- Vauxhall Insignia and Vauxhall Astra
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020110978478
- Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 31 Aug 2020, 21:30
- BMW 1 Series and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020110976957
- Slight
Kia Sorento crash on the A181 in County Durham, 29 Feb 2020, 12:01
- Kia Sorento, Honda CRV, Peugeot Partner, Peugeot RCZ and 2 more vehicles
- 6 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2020110935301
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 24 Jun 2019, 07:38
- Ford Focus and Nissan Micra
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019110855661
- Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 5 Jun 2019, 19:58
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019110845373
- Serious
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 2 Mar 2019, 14:35
- Honda Civic and a motorcycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019110826110
- Slight
Vauxhall Viva crash on the A181 in County Durham, 21 Dec 2018, 12:15
- Vauxhall Viva and Volvo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018110810022
- Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A181 in County Durham, 9 Aug 2018, 16:06
- Nissan Qashqai and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018110321187
- Serious
Ford Fusion crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 4 May 2018, 11:40
- Ford Fusion and Renault Clio
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018110291926
- Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 5 Mar 2018, 19:45
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2018110275742
- Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 23 May 2017, 16:55
- BMW 3 Series and Ford Focus
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017110188231
- Slight
Ford Transit crash on a C road in County Durham, 21 Dec 2016, 14:49
- Ford Transit and Vauxhall Tigra
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110142455
- Serious
Audi A3 crash on a C road in County Durham, 20 Nov 2016, 02:05
- Audi A3 and BMW X5
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110134984
- Slight
Citroen DS3 crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 21 Sep 2016, 18:15
- Citroen DS3 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016110115615
- Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 12 Feb 2016, 11:05
- Peugeot 206 and Nissan Juke
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201611NE03856
- Slight
Ford KA crash on the A181 in County Durham, 16 Nov 2015, 14:45
- Ford KA and Volkswagen Scirocco
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201511NE23765
- Slight
Wrightbus Streetlite crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 10 Sep 2015, 17:10
- Wrightbus Streetlite and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201511NE18165
- Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 17 Aug 2014, 20:00
- Peugeot 307 and Vauxhall Astra
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201411NE19304
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 22 Jul 2014, 21:40
- Ford Fiesta and Renault Clio
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201411NE17214
- Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 22 Jun 2014, 01:51
- Citroen Berlingo, Volkswagen Passat, Mercedes E Class and Nissan Note
- 4 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201411NE14864
- Slight
Volvo crash on the A181 in County Durham, 4 Dec 2013, 10:47
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 201311NE28133
- Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 12 Nov 2013, 17:34
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201311NE26183
- Serious
Van crash on a C road in County Durham, 8 Jun 2013, 00:25
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201311NE11693
- Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A181 in County Durham, 13 Feb 2013, 19:15
- Vauxhall Astra and Renault Trafic
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201311NE03803
- Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 24 Dec 2012, 00:05
- Mercedes C Class and Vauxhall Vectra
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201211NE32022
- Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 24 Nov 2012, 13:15
- Volkswagen Passat and Austin Mini
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201211NE32162
- Fatal
Toyota Corolla crash on the A181 in County Durham, 8 Oct 2012, 09:51
- Toyota Corolla and Peugeot 406
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201211NE23752
- Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in County Durham, 22 Jun 2012, 12:45
- Ford Transit and Fiat Panda
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 201211NE15062
- Serious
Aprilia Leonardo 125 crash on the B1279 in County Durham, 17 Feb 2012, 21:45
- Aprilia Leonardo 125 and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201211NE04672
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A181 in County Durham, 19 Nov 2011, 18:00
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 201111NE29921
- Serious
Vauxhall Tigra crash on the A181 in County Durham, 12 Oct 2011, 16:14
- Vauxhall Tigra, Alfa Romeo Giulietta and Ford Transit
- 3 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 201111NE25471
- Slight
AJS DD 125 crash on a C road in County Durham, 19 Sep 2011, 18:00
- AJS DD 125 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201111NE23051
- Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A181 in County Durham, 10 Sep 2011, 11:32
- Nissan Qashqai and a bicycle
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 201111NE22781
- Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A181 in County Durham, 12 Mar 2011, 15:35
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 201111NE07191