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Brandon (County Durham) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 574 road traffic collisions in Brandon, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 761 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 117 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
574
1,067th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
761
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
117
127 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Brandon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61%
  • Serious11720%
  • Slight45179%

What the data shows

  • Brandon had 63 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 117 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Brandon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 135 children under 16 were killed or injured in Brandon, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Brandon.

Where Brandon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,067th
Most casualties
1,042nd
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,028th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday74 (13%)
  • Tuesday79 (14%)
  • Wednesday88 (15%)
  • Thursday80 (14%)
  • Friday114 (20%)
  • Saturday68 (12%)
  • Sunday71 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight404 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit149 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (1.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway571 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph551 (96%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph20 (3.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds470 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds68 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant414 (54%)
  • Pedestrian181 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist73 (9.6%)
  • Cyclist44 (5.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant33 (4.3%)
  • Van occupant12 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Brandon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Brandon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Brandon peaked at 22 in 1990; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202434
202322
2022912
202144
202068
2019910
2018712
20171116
2016814
20151623
2014812
20131012
20121114
20111214
201078
20091821
20081315
20071018
20061215
20051212
20041522
20031416
20021014
20011424
20001827
19992028
19981724
19972132
19961011
19952031
19941219
19931319
19922022
19911621
19902228
19891718
19881822
1987912
19861516
19851119
19841213
19831719
19821215
19811218
198078
19791013

Map of recent crashes in Brandon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Brandon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Brandon

The 24 most recent collisions in Brandon happened between 6 August 2020 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Brandon

The A690 has the most collisions in Brandon, 271 of 574 (47%), followed by the B6300 (22).

Collisions in Brandon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA690271341339
2ndB6300223206

Council area for Brandon

Brandon is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Brandon accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode district for Brandon

All 574 collisions in Brandon were in the DH7 postcode district.