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Ferryhill road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 746 road traffic collisions in Ferryhill, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 945 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 133 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 9 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
746
916th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
945
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
133
141 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
9
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
12
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ferryhill

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal70.9%
  • Serious13318%
  • Slight60681%

What the data shows

  • Ferryhill had 54 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 61% fewer than the 140 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Ferryhill were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 252 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ferryhill, 27% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Ferryhill.

Where Ferryhill ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
916th
Most casualties
909th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
946th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday87 (12%)
  • Tuesday96 (13%)
  • Wednesday109 (15%)
  • Thursday117 (16%)
  • Friday130 (17%)
  • Saturday111 (15%)
  • Sunday96 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight532 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit200 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown11 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway725 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road8 (1.1%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (0.9%)
  • Roundabout5 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph632 (85%)
  • 40 mph34 (4.6%)
  • 60 mph79 (11%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds617 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds80 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds19 (2.5%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.8%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant436 (46%)
  • Pedestrian299 (32%)
  • Motorcyclist89 (9.4%)
  • Cyclist52 (5.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant38 (4%)
  • Van occupant25 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ferryhill road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ferryhill, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ferryhill peaked at 32 in 1992; 2025 had 9.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025912
202411
202369
202289
202169
202033
201957
201878
201755
201645
201568
20141822
20131010
20121115
20111216
20101417
20091517
20081518
20072233
20061723
20051317
20042031
20032125
20021321
20012332
20002023
19992223
19982025
19972434
19962029
19952935
19942529
19932531
19923243
19912227
19901926
19892132
19881720
19872329
19862125
19852228
19841922
19832431
19821616
19811111
19801414
19791619

Map of recent crashes in Ferryhill

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ferryhill

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ferryhill

The 24 most recent collisions in Ferryhill happened between 29 January 2022 and 1 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ferryhill

The B6287 has the most collisions in Ferryhill, 151 of 746 (20%), followed by the A167 (97).

Collisions in Ferryhill on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6287151181025
2ndA16797168320

Council area for Ferryhill

Ferryhill is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ferryhill accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Ferryhill

All 746 collisions in Ferryhill were in the DL17 postcode district.