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Horden road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 756 road traffic collisions in Horden, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 971 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 115 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
756
907th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
971
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
11 people killed
Serious collisions
115
124 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Horden

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.5%
  • Serious11515%
  • Slight63083%

What the data shows

  • Horden had 74 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 128 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Horden were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 248 children under 16 were killed or injured in Horden, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Horden.

Where Horden ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
907th
Most casualties
896th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
1,041st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday102 (13%)
  • Tuesday90 (12%)
  • Wednesday94 (12%)
  • Thursday117 (15%)
  • Friday155 (21%)
  • Saturday111 (15%)
  • Sunday87 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight508 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit230 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway728 (96%)
  • Roundabout20 (2.6%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.5%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph730 (97%)
  • 40 mph11 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph14 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds637 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds78 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other5 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant482 (50%)
  • Pedestrian270 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist92 (9.5%)
  • Cyclist76 (7.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant23 (2.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (0.9%)
  • Van occupant9 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Horden road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Horden, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Horden peaked at 34 in 1990; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202423
202335
202257
202133
202078
201989
20181527
20171117
20161523
20151111
2014913
20131111
20122034
20111112
20101117
20091015
20081116
20071923
20061518
20052227
20041822
20031725
20021719
20011417
20001416
19992028
19982130
19971928
19962735
19952226
19941620
19932326
19923033
19912427
19903443
19892537
19882023
19871726
19861927
19851720
19841617
19832028
19821823
19811819
19802224
19792428

Map of recent crashes in Horden

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Horden

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Horden

The 24 most recent collisions in Horden happened between 26 March 2020 and 24 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Horden

The A1086 has the most collisions in Horden, 370 of 756 (49%), followed by the B1320 (20).

Collisions in Horden on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1086370478856
2ndB1320202600

Council area for Horden

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

Postcode district for Horden

All 756 collisions in Horden were in the SR8 postcode district.