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DL16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,848 road traffic collisions in the DL16 postcode district, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,503 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 35 were fatal and 273 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 18 collisions, up from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,848
1,819th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,503
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
35
39 people killed
Serious collisions
273
312 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
18
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
22
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for DL16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal351.9%
  • Serious27315%
  • Slight1,54083%

What the data shows

  • DL16 had 198 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 347 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in DL16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 432 children under 16 were killed or injured in DL16, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in DL16.

Where DL16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,819th
Most casualties
1,853rd
Most fatal collisions
1,679th
Most serious collisions
2,074th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday268 (15%)
  • Tuesday249 (13%)
  • Wednesday260 (14%)
  • Thursday272 (15%)
  • Friday321 (17%)
  • Saturday280 (15%)
  • Sunday198 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,321 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit439 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting56 (3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown22 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit10 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,607 (87%)
  • Roundabout200 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway35 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph1,226 (66%)
  • 40 mph92 (5%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph504 (27%)
  • 70 mph23 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,473 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds229 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds43 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds27 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist19 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds14 (0.8%)
  • Other16 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,471 (59%)
  • Pedestrian500 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist193 (7.7%)
  • Cyclist146 (5.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant74 (3%)
  • Van occupant69 (2.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant8 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

DL16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in DL16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in DL16 peaked at 69 in 1995; 2025 had 18.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251822
20241517
20231621
20221214
20212131
20201824
20192025
20182538
20173140
20162231
20152225
20142227
20132735
20123139
20114055
20103449
20094973
20083547
20073953
20064869
20054763
20044360
20034962
20025277
20015577
20004152
19995270
19985675
19974475
19966491
19956984
19943750
19935782
19926279
19915476
19905579
19894763
19885168
19874463
19862842
19854050
19844151
19833040
19824054
19814963
19804458
19795264

Map of recent crashes in DL16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in DL16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in DL16

The 24 most recent collisions in DL16 happened between 30 August 2024 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in DL16

The A688 has the most collisions in DL16, 296 of 1,848 (16%), followed by the B6288 (259).

Collisions in DL16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA688296457543
2ndB6288259376945
3rdA1676510716
4thB6287425914

Council area for DL16

DL16 is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. DL16 accounts for 3.1% of them.

Town in DL16

Of the 1,848 collisions in DL16, 1,204 (65%) were in Spennymoor.