Skip to main content
CrashStats

Durham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 4,355 road traffic collisions in Durham, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 5,794 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 33 were fatal and 644 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 46 collisions, up 24% on 2024 (37).

Collisions since 1979
4,355
239th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
5,794
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
33
35 people killed
Serious collisions
644
701 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
46
Up 24% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
58
Up 32% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Durham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal330.8%
  • Serious64415%
  • Slight3,67884%

What the data shows

  • Durham had 465 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 860 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Durham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 756 children under 16 were killed or injured in Durham, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Durham.

Where Durham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
239th
Most casualties
227th
Most fatal collisions
310th
Most serious collisions
276th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday648 (15%)
  • Tuesday643 (15%)
  • Wednesday613 (14%)
  • Thursday690 (16%)
  • Friday752 (17%)
  • Saturday636 (15%)
  • Sunday373 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,195 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,070 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown45 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting28 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit17 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,559 (82%)
  • Roundabout457 (10%)
  • Dual carriageway253 (5.8%)
  • One way street or slip road78 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph10 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph3,330 (76%)
  • 40 mph757 (17%)
  • 50 mph8 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph157 (3.6%)
  • 70 mph91 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds3,546 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds579 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds62 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds47 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds38 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist34 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds9 (0.2%)
  • Other30 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,984 (52%)
  • Pedestrian1,293 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist522 (9%)
  • Cyclist365 (6.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant358 (6.2%)
  • Van occupant128 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant47 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant39 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant30 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)24 (0.4%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Durham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Durham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Durham peaked at 134 in 2000; 2025 had 46.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 46
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254658
20243744
20234454
20223744
20213744
20202327
20195863
20185567
20176984
20165978
20156276
201490131
201376104
201280111
201197126
201088115
200987132
200894136
2007103155
200683105
200583110
200482113
2003125157
2002120180
2001110138
2000134177
1999119178
1998128165
1997127184
1996126174
1995120170
1994112139
1993114143
1992127154
1991107146
1990131180
1989117163
1988122164
1987104140
1986114161
198590134
1984106143
1983108133
1982110134
1981101127
198091110
1979102123

Map of recent crashes in Durham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Durham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Durham

The 24 most recent collisions in Durham happened between 2 July and 27 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Durham

The A690 has the most collisions in Durham, 734 of 4,355 (17%), followed by the A167 (391).

Collisions in Durham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6907341,016793
2ndA167391582363
3rdA181276364541
4thA691256382217
5thA177184266332
6thB6532163197127
7thA10503644014
8thA1(M)285015

Council area for Durham

Durham is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Durham accounts for 7.3% of them.

Postcode districts in Durham

Collisions in Durham were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by DH1 (4,340) and DH7 (14).