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Bishop Auckland road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,418 road traffic collisions in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,123 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 30 were fatal and 320 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 17 collisions, down 23% on 2024 (22).

Collisions since 1979
2,418
399th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,123
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
30
31 people killed
Serious collisions
320
343 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
17
Down 23% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
22
Down 21% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Bishop Auckland

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal301.2%
  • Serious32013%
  • Slight2,06886%

What the data shows

  • Bishop Auckland had 253 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 467 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Bishop Auckland were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 608 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bishop Auckland, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Bishop Auckland.

Where Bishop Auckland ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
399th
Most casualties
389th
Most fatal collisions
346th
Most serious collisions
477th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday334 (14%)
  • Tuesday338 (14%)
  • Wednesday311 (13%)
  • Thursday427 (18%)
  • Friday417 (17%)
  • Saturday358 (15%)
  • Sunday233 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,756 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit615 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown30 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,182 (90%)
  • Roundabout128 (5.3%)
  • One way street or slip road85 (3.5%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph2,086 (86%)
  • 40 mph190 (7.9%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph137 (5.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,963 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds324 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds41 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds20 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds17 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist15 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.2%)
  • Other21 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,573 (50%)
  • Pedestrian813 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist217 (6.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant191 (6.1%)
  • Cyclist168 (5.4%)
  • Van occupant99 (3.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant16 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant15 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant13 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bishop Auckland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bishop Auckland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bishop Auckland peaked at 88 in 1992; 2025 had 17.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 17
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251722
20242228
20232428
20221718
20211826
20202327
20192228
20183042
20174566
20163547
20153949
20144167
20133958
20123853
20114968
20104865
20095568
20084968
20074764
20066281
20057192
20045773
20036276
20026790
20017091
20005775
19996982
199867100
19976786
199679100
19955873
19946581
19936374
199288115
19916477
199069102
19897288
19882731
19872431
19863039
19855664
19846783
19837391
19825978
19815973
19807893
19798092

Map of recent crashes in Bishop Auckland

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bishop Auckland

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bishop Auckland

The 24 most recent collisions in Bishop Auckland happened between 11 October 2024 and 14 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bishop Auckland

The A688 has the most collisions in Bishop Auckland, 494 of 2,418 (20%), followed by the B6282 (251).

Collisions in Bishop Auckland on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6884946541380
2ndB6282251349429
3rdA689188256221
4thA607291120012
5thB6284667706
6thB6283224315

Council area for Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bishop Auckland accounts for 4.1% of them.

Postcode district for Bishop Auckland

All 2,418 collisions in Bishop Auckland were in the DL14 postcode district.