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Cornforth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 103 road traffic collisions in Cornforth, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 120 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 23 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
103
2,792nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
120
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
23
24 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cornforth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal11%
  • Serious2322%
  • Slight7977%

What the data shows

  • Cornforth had 5 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 67% fewer than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Cornforth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 40 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cornforth, 33% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Cornforth.

Where Cornforth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,792nd
Most casualties
2,842nd
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,610th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday13 (13%)
  • Tuesday13 (13%)
  • Wednesday15 (15%)
  • Thursday19 (18%)
  • Friday14 (14%)
  • Saturday21 (20%)
  • Sunday8 (7.8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight69 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit28 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (3.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway102 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph102 (99%)
  • 60 mph1 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds81 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (5.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant45 (38%)
  • Pedestrian38 (32%)
  • Motorcyclist16 (13%)
  • Cyclist12 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (5.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.8%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.8%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cornforth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cornforth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cornforth peaked at 8 in 1993; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202300
202211
202100
202011
201911
201811
201700
201600
201522
201422
201311
201200
201123
201033
200911
200800
200722
200622
200513
200422
200336
200211
200122
200000
199922
199857
199722
199622
199568
199444
199388
199222
199166
199033
198900
198844
198734
198645
198534
198423
198322
198233
198179
198034
197933

Map of recent crashes in Cornforth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cornforth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cornforth

The 24 most recent collisions in Cornforth happened between 13 November 2003 and 10 June 2025.

Severity

Council area for Cornforth

Cornforth is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cornforth accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Cornforth

All 103 collisions in Cornforth were in the DL17 postcode district.