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Dipton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 177 road traffic collisions in Dipton, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 248 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 44 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
177
2,080th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
248
1.40 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
44
48 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Dipton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.7%
  • Serious4425%
  • Slight13073%

What the data shows

  • Dipton had 14 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 62% fewer than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Dipton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 47 children under 16 were killed or injured in Dipton, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Dipton.

Where Dipton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,080th
Most casualties
2,010th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,873rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (15%)
  • Tuesday23 (13%)
  • Wednesday25 (14%)
  • Thursday31 (18%)
  • Friday23 (13%)
  • Saturday25 (14%)
  • Sunday23 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight127 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit46 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway170 (96%)
  • Roundabout6 (3.4%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph152 (86%)
  • 60 mph25 (14%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds146 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds16 (9%)
  • Fog or mist6 (3.4%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.3%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Other1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant145 (58%)
  • Pedestrian43 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist24 (9.7%)
  • Cyclist11 (4.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.4%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (1.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Dipton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Dipton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Dipton peaked at 10 in 1988; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202424
202323
202211
202111
202000
201923
201800
201733
201623
201555
201433
201323
2012511
201146
201046
2009510
200824
200769
200611
200559
200433
200337
200258
200155
200066
199946
199867
199733
199667
1995813
199411
199347
199246
199189
199066
198944
19881013
198745
1986510
1985410
198456
198333
198279
198111
198033
197933

Map of recent crashes in Dipton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Dipton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Dipton

The 24 most recent collisions in Dipton happened between 10 February 2013 and 7 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Dipton

The A692 has the most collisions in Dipton, 88 of 177 (50%), followed by the B6168 (46).

Collisions in Dipton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA69288131220
2ndB61684670112
3rdB6311141706

Council area for Dipton

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

Postcode district for Dipton

All 177 collisions in Dipton were in the DH9 postcode district.