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TS28 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 526 road traffic collisions in the TS28 postcode district, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 777 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 114 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
526
2,410th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
777
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
11 people killed
Serious collisions
114
126 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for TS28

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.9%
  • Serious11422%
  • Slight40276%

What the data shows

  • TS28 had 51 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 107 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in TS28 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 147 children under 16 were killed or injured in TS28, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in TS28.

Where TS28 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,410th
Most casualties
2,393rd
Most fatal collisions
2,425th
Most serious collisions
2,428th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday75 (14%)
  • Tuesday64 (12%)
  • Wednesday94 (18%)
  • Thursday63 (12%)
  • Friday76 (14%)
  • Saturday88 (17%)
  • Sunday66 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight372 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit114 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting34 (6.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway497 (94%)
  • Roundabout17 (3.2%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (1.3%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph355 (67%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph167 (32%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds431 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds61 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant448 (58%)
  • Pedestrian122 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist84 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant47 (6%)
  • Cyclist30 (3.9%)
  • Van occupant27 (3.5%)
  • Minibus occupant12 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

TS28 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in TS28, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in TS28 peaked at 20 in 1990; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202546
202445
202344
202235
202166
202023
2019814
201868
201755
2016913
2015410
2014919
2013912
20121014
20111219
20101434
20091424
200867
20071525
20061423
20051117
2004916
20031623
20021923
2001922
20001215
19991219
19981731
1997613
19961929
19951214
19941522
19931826
19921212
19911825
19902041
19891012
19881013
19871621
19861213
19851417
19841414
19831113
19821317
1981910
19801821
19791622

Map of recent crashes in TS28

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in TS28

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in TS28

The 24 most recent collisions in TS28 happened between 29 October 2019 and 6 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in TS28

The B1280 has the most collisions in TS28, 317 of 526 (60%), followed by the A181 (60).

Collisions in TS28 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1280317465776
2ndA18160111210

Council area for TS28

TS28 is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. TS28 accounts for 0.9% of them.

Town in TS28

Of the 526 collisions in TS28, 328 (62%) were in Wingate.