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Easington (County Durham) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 533 road traffic collisions in Easington, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 683 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 13 were fatal and 97 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
533
1,114th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
683
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
13
13 people killed
Serious collisions
97
103 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
5 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Easington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal132.4%
  • Serious9718%
  • Slight42379%

What the data shows

  • Easington had 50 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 87 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Easington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 174 children under 16 were killed or injured in Easington, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Easington.

Where Easington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,114th
Most casualties
1,116th
Most fatal collisions
707th
Most serious collisions
1,165th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday58 (11%)
  • Tuesday73 (14%)
  • Wednesday65 (12%)
  • Thursday75 (14%)
  • Friday112 (21%)
  • Saturday92 (17%)
  • Sunday58 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight372 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit153 (29%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway519 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.1%)
  • Roundabout4 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph526 (99%)
  • 60 mph5 (0.9%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds425 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds57 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (3.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (2.1%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Other5 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant306 (45%)
  • Pedestrian212 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist73 (11%)
  • Cyclist44 (6.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant16 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant15 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Easington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Easington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Easington peaked at 24 in 1980; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202445
202356
202233
202144
2020713
201967
201846
201759
2016810
201534
20141017
20131012
2012814
2011910
201077
20091621
2008911
20071217
200633
2005712
20041324
20031219
20021116
20011217
20002124
19992126
19981215
19971723
19961928
19952328
19941623
19931011
19921415
19911113
19901217
19891317
19881721
19871415
19861822
19851516
19841112
19831516
19821212
19811113
19802428
19791517

Map of recent crashes in Easington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Easington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Easington

The 24 most recent collisions in Easington happened between 22 February 2020 and 15 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Easington

The B1283 has the most collisions in Easington, 307 of 533 (58%), followed by the B1432 (54).

Collisions in Easington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB12833073871059
2ndB1432547526

Council area for Easington

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

Postcode district for Easington

All 533 collisions in Easington were in the SR8 postcode district.