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Bowburn road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 222 road traffic collisions in Bowburn, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 334 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 36 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
222
1,841st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
334
1.50 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
36
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Bowburn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.3%
  • Serious3616%
  • Slight18182%

What the data shows

  • Bowburn had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 65% fewer than the 48 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Bowburn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 59 children under 16 were killed or injured in Bowburn, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Bowburn.

Where Bowburn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,841st
Most casualties
1,701st
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (14%)
  • Tuesday30 (14%)
  • Wednesday29 (13%)
  • Thursday28 (13%)
  • Friday41 (18%)
  • Saturday34 (15%)
  • Sunday29 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight155 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit55 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (4.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway209 (94%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (3.2%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.4%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph152 (68%)
  • 40 mph18 (8.1%)
  • 60 mph40 (18%)
  • 70 mph11 (5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds188 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (2.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant200 (60%)
  • Pedestrian57 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (8.4%)
  • Van occupant17 (5.1%)
  • Cyclist11 (3.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (3%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Bowburn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Bowburn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Bowburn peaked at 10 in 2002; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202434
202311
202214
202100
202013
201911
201844
201722
201645
201536
201458
2013710
201247
201158
201022
200912
200844
2007915
2006818
200558
2004817
200357
20021010
200133
2000910
199977
1998915
1997910
1996614
1995610
1994612
1993713
1992915
199123
199056
1989510
1988610
1987610
198668
198577
198433
198333
198222
198133
198057
197957

Map of recent crashes in Bowburn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Bowburn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Bowburn

The 24 most recent collisions in Bowburn happened between 22 May 2014 and 10 September 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Bowburn

The A177 has the most collisions in Bowburn, 122 of 222 (55%), followed by the A688 (29).

Collisions in Bowburn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA177122193325
2ndA688295613
3rdA1(M)101401

Council area for Bowburn

Bowburn is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Bowburn accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Bowburn

All 222 collisions in Bowburn were in the DH6 postcode district.