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Chester-le-Street road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,730 road traffic collisions in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,212 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 18 were fatal and 252 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, down from 15 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,730
504th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,212
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
18
18 people killed
Serious collisions
252
274 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
15 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
15
19 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Chester-le-Street

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal181%
  • Serious25215%
  • Slight1,46084%

What the data shows

  • Chester-le-Street had 183 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 326 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Chester-le-Street were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 374 children under 16 were killed or injured in Chester-le-Street, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Chester-le-Street.

Where Chester-le-Street ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
504th
Most casualties
498th
Most fatal collisions
536th
Most serious collisions
587th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday242 (14%)
  • Tuesday265 (15%)
  • Wednesday217 (13%)
  • Thursday277 (16%)
  • Friday293 (17%)
  • Saturday261 (15%)
  • Sunday175 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,293 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit404 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown18 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,380 (80%)
  • Roundabout236 (14%)
  • Dual carriageway77 (4.5%)
  • One way street or slip road33 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph7 (0.4%)
  • 30 mph1,520 (88%)
  • 40 mph45 (2.6%)
  • 50 mph75 (4.3%)
  • 60 mph42 (2.4%)
  • 70 mph40 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,426 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds209 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds33 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds16 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Other20 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant997 (45%)
  • Pedestrian591 (27%)
  • Bus or coach occupant177 (8%)
  • Cyclist175 (7.9%)
  • Motorcyclist171 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant52 (2.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant24 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.1%)
  • Other4 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Chester-le-Street road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Chester-le-Street, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Chester-le-Street peaked at 69 in 1998; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251315
20241519
20231314
20221719
20211314
20201825
20191924
20182430
20172330
20162830
20152533
20143146
20131722
20123545
20115171
20103240
20094059
20081825
20073855
20063950
20054358
20044356
20033959
20023853
20014861
20006080
19993243
19986986
19974258
19965063
19956381
19944658
19934356
19924761
19915070
19905259
19894250
19884354
19874549
19863844
19854248
19844356
19832531
19824151
19814153
19805054
19794654

Map of recent crashes in Chester-le-Street

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Chester-le-Street

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Chester-le-Street

The 24 most recent collisions in Chester-le-Street happened between 2 April 2024 and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Chester-le-Street

The B6313 has the most collisions in Chester-le-Street, 178 of 1,730 (10%), followed by the A167 (150).

Collisions in Chester-le-Street on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6313178226125
2ndA167150204317
3rdA612783104019
4thA693537608
5thA1(M)192606
6thB12849902

Council area for Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Chester-le-Street accounts for 2.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Chester-le-Street

Collisions in Chester-le-Street were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by DH3 (1,140) and DH2 (583).