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Crook road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 541 road traffic collisions in Crook, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 667 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 75 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
541
1,104th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
667
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
75
78 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Crook

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal50.9%
  • Serious7514%
  • Slight46185%

What the data shows

  • Crook had 61 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 97 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Crook were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 147 children under 16 were killed or injured in Crook, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Crook.

Where Crook ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,104th
Most casualties
1,127th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,362nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday69 (13%)
  • Tuesday82 (15%)
  • Wednesday65 (12%)
  • Thursday87 (16%)
  • Friday110 (20%)
  • Saturday72 (13%)
  • Sunday56 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight394 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit131 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway515 (95%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (2.6%)
  • Roundabout8 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph527 (97%)
  • 40 mph4 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph10 (1.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds460 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds51 (9.4%)
  • Fine with high winds15 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant305 (46%)
  • Pedestrian221 (33%)
  • Motorcyclist52 (7.8%)
  • Cyclist50 (7.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant22 (3.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant5 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crook road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Crook, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Crook peaked at 22 in 1995; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202455
202335
202278
2021912
202045
201988
201877
201766
20161012
2015810
2014910
201358
2012913
20111013
2010911
20091120
20081417
20071315
2006915
20051928
20041822
20031518
20021723
200199
200045
19991010
19981926
19971517
19961722
19952227
19941920
19931419
19922125
19911819
19901116
19891418
19881215
19871314
19861315
19851415
19841214
198399
198277
19811521
19801616
19791014

Map of recent crashes in Crook

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Crook

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Crook

The 24 most recent collisions in Crook happened between 6 April 2021 and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Crook

The A690 has the most collisions in Crook, 171 of 541 (32%), followed by the A689 (142).

Collisions in Crook on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA690171220023
2ndA689142178322
3rdB62984256110

Council area for Crook

Crook is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Crook accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Crook

All 541 collisions in Crook were in the DL15 postcode district.