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Annfield Plain road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 549 road traffic collisions in Annfield Plain, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 721 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 95 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
549
1,097th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
721
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
9 people killed
Serious collisions
95
106 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Annfield Plain

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.5%
  • Serious9517%
  • Slight44681%

What the data shows

  • Annfield Plain had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 104 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Annfield Plain were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 179 children under 16 were killed or injured in Annfield Plain, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Annfield Plain.

Where Annfield Plain ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,097th
Most casualties
1,084th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,175th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday84 (15%)
  • Tuesday84 (15%)
  • Wednesday80 (15%)
  • Thursday80 (15%)
  • Friday74 (13%)
  • Saturday81 (15%)
  • Sunday66 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight393 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit150 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway529 (96%)
  • Roundabout18 (3.3%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph506 (92%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph39 (7.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds467 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (7.3%)
  • Fog or mist11 (2%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (1.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.7%)
  • Other4 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant346 (48%)
  • Pedestrian194 (27%)
  • Motorcyclist72 (10%)
  • Cyclist54 (7.5%)
  • Van occupant25 (3.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant16 (2.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Annfield Plain road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Annfield Plain, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Annfield Plain peaked at 23 in 1985; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202455
202324
2022711
202155
202023
2019910
20181012
20171012
201655
201579
20141220
2013911
2012711
201179
2010912
20091723
20081115
20071217
20061316
20051521
20041012
20031217
20021719
20011415
20001627
199989
19981114
19971923
19961319
19951319
19941223
19931416
19921517
1991826
19901723
198989
1988911
19871320
19861718
19852327
19841828
19831416
19821717
19812225
19801618
19791720

Map of recent crashes in Annfield Plain

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Annfield Plain

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Annfield Plain

The 24 most recent collisions in Annfield Plain happened between 5 December 2019 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Annfield Plain

The B6168 has the most collisions in Annfield Plain, 219 of 549 (40%), followed by the A693 (80).

Collisions in Annfield Plain on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6168219297239
2ndA69380104217
3rdA6076101204

Council area for Annfield Plain

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

Postcode districts in Annfield Plain

Collisions in Annfield Plain were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by DH9 (543) and DH7 (6).