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Consett road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,713 road traffic collisions in Consett, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,179 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 21 were fatal and 309 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, up from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,713
506th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,179
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
21
23 people killed
Serious collisions
309
330 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
18
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Consett

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal211.2%
  • Serious30918%
  • Slight1,38381%

What the data shows

  • Consett had 186 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 375 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Consett were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 463 children under 16 were killed or injured in Consett, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Consett.

Where Consett ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
506th
Most casualties
505th
Most fatal collisions
473rd
Most serious collisions
496th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday237 (14%)
  • Tuesday223 (13%)
  • Wednesday235 (14%)
  • Thursday270 (16%)
  • Friday310 (18%)
  • Saturday269 (16%)
  • Sunday169 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,160 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit512 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown19 (1.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,624 (95%)
  • Roundabout51 (3%)
  • One way street or slip road25 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph1,664 (97%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph40 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,347 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds201 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds56 (3.3%)
  • Fog or mist39 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds25 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds20 (1.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.2%)
  • Other22 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,067 (49%)
  • Pedestrian624 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist169 (7.8%)
  • Cyclist156 (7.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant73 (3.4%)
  • Van occupant41 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant18 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Consett road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Consett, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Consett peaked at 58 in 1996; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251618
20241416
20231213
20221011
2021911
20201925
20192627
20182332
20173034
20162735
20152939
20144260
20133236
20124776
20113549
20104160
20094564
20083757
20072535
20064257
20052231
20043246
20034149
20023850
20014351
20003956
19993645
19984559
19974957
19965873
19953544
19945571
19934662
19924958
19914759
19904252
19894456
19883745
19874350
19864451
19853745
19843751
19834347
19824247
19814858
19804248
19795863

Map of recent crashes in Consett

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Consett

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Consett

The 24 most recent collisions in Consett happened between 4 June 2024 and 9 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Consett

The A692 has the most collisions in Consett, 213 of 1,713 (12%), followed by the A691 (207).

Collisions in Consett on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA692213273653
2ndA691207271244
3rdB6308173222328
4thB632270101119
5thA694334617
6thB6310253219

Council area for Consett

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

Postcode district for Consett

All 1,713 collisions in Consett were in the DH8 postcode district.