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

Police recorded 195 road traffic collisions in Chilton, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 241 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 48 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
195
1,977th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
241
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
48
53 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Chilton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.5%
  • Serious4825%
  • Slight14474%

What the data shows

  • Chilton had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Chilton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 66 children under 16 were killed or injured in Chilton, 28% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Chilton.

Where Chilton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,977th
Most casualties
2,047th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,780th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (14%)
  • Tuesday24 (12%)
  • Wednesday23 (12%)
  • Thursday28 (14%)
  • Friday43 (22%)
  • Saturday31 (16%)
  • Sunday19 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight138 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit50 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.5%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway189 (97%)
  • Roundabout4 (2.1%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph185 (95%)
  • 60 mph10 (5.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds157 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds23 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (3.1%)
  • Fog or mist5 (2.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant102 (42%)
  • Pedestrian79 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist28 (12%)
  • Cyclist21 (8.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (2.5%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Chilton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Chilton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Chilton peaked at 12 in 1990; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202322
202212
202100
202013
201945
201835
201733
201611
201522
201433
201311
201200
201111
201056
200922
200822
200722
200633
200555
200466
200334
200266
200155
2000611
199922
199867
1997710
199646
199567
199499
199345
199269
199155
19901214
198946
198845
198711
198667
198523
198466
1983911
19821012
1981711
1980712
1979911

Map of recent crashes in Chilton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Chilton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Chilton

The 24 most recent collisions in Chilton happened between 28 November 2011 and 26 April 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Chilton

Of the 195 collisions in Chilton, 80 were on the A167.

Collisions in Chilton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1678097221

Council area for Chilton

Chilton is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Chilton accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Chilton

All 195 collisions in Chilton were in the DL17 postcode district.