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Coundon and Leeholme road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 183 road traffic collisions in Coundon and Leeholme, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 231 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 40 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
183
2,045th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
231
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
40
45 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Coundon and Leeholme

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious4022%
  • Slight14278%

What the data shows

  • Coundon and Leeholme had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Coundon and Leeholme were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 69 children under 16 were killed or injured in Coundon and Leeholme, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Coundon and Leeholme.

Where Coundon and Leeholme ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,045th
Most casualties
2,100th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,973rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday25 (14%)
  • Tuesday26 (14%)
  • Wednesday32 (17%)
  • Thursday30 (16%)
  • Friday30 (16%)
  • Saturday21 (11%)
  • Sunday19 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight134 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway183 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph173 (95%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph8 (4.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds154 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (7.7%)
  • Fine with high winds7 (3.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (2.2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Pedestrian89 (39%)
  • Car occupant81 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (12%)
  • Cyclist17 (7.4%)
  • Van occupant8 (3.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Coundon and Leeholme road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Coundon and Leeholme, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Coundon and Leeholme peaked at 14 in 1985; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202444
202311
202237
202122
202034
201923
201811
201711
201622
201511
201446
201335
2012611
201111
201046
200955
200856
200722
200611
2005710
200433
200345
200255
200122
200022
199956
199812
199778
199644
199522
199433
199335
199233
199133
199046
1989711
198856
198777
19861013
19851414
1984810
1983917
198223
198144
198033
197944

Map of recent crashes in Coundon and Leeholme

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Coundon and Leeholme

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Coundon and Leeholme

The 24 most recent collisions in Coundon and Leeholme happened between 18 January 2014 and 1 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Coundon and Leeholme

The B6287 has the most collisions in Coundon and Leeholme, 51 of 183 (28%), followed by the A689 (41).

Collisions in Coundon and Leeholme on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB62875168011
2ndA6894157110

Council area for Coundon and Leeholme

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

Postcode district for Coundon and Leeholme

All 183 collisions in Coundon and Leeholme were in the DL14 postcode district.