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Blackhall Colliery road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
376
1,360th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
465
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Serious collisions
57
58 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blackhall Colliery

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.6%
  • Serious5715%
  • Slight31383%

What the data shows

  • Blackhall Colliery had 38 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 59 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Blackhall Colliery were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 149 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blackhall Colliery, 32% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Blackhall Colliery.

Where Blackhall Colliery ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,360th
Most casualties
1,388th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,615th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday60 (16%)
  • Tuesday49 (13%)
  • Wednesday44 (12%)
  • Thursday45 (12%)
  • Friday59 (16%)
  • Saturday66 (18%)
  • Sunday53 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight276 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit93 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway373 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph369 (98%)
  • 40 mph4 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds309 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (4.3%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant194 (42%)
  • Pedestrian177 (38%)
  • Cyclist34 (7.3%)
  • Motorcyclist33 (7.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant10 (2.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blackhall Colliery road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blackhall Colliery, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blackhall Colliery peaked at 21 in 1995; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202333
202222
202134
202045
201944
20181111
201723
2016710
201557
201433
20131010
20121012
20111015
201044
200944
200835
200733
200677
2005813
200469
20031013
20021518
20011011
20001420
199945
199877
1997811
199657
19952131
19941416
199346
19921521
19911518
199067
19892023
19881011
1987713
1986911
1985811
1984910
198399
19821010
19811214
1980910
19791416

Map of recent crashes in Blackhall Colliery

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blackhall Colliery

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blackhall Colliery

The 24 most recent collisions in Blackhall Colliery happened between 21 July 2018 and 31 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blackhall Colliery

The A1086 has the most collisions in Blackhall Colliery, 253 of 376 (67%), followed by the B1281 (10).

Collisions in Blackhall Colliery on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1086253326639
2ndB1281101202

Council area for Blackhall Colliery

Blackhall Colliery is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blackhall Colliery accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Blackhall Colliery

All 376 collisions in Blackhall Colliery were in the TS27 postcode district.