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Houghton-le-Spring road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 865 road traffic collisions in Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,130 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 16 were fatal and 177 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
865
829th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,130
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
16
17 people killed
Serious collisions
177
204 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Houghton-le-Spring

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal161.8%
  • Serious17720%
  • Slight67278%

What the data shows

  • Houghton-le-Spring had 107 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 159 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Houghton-le-Spring were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 235 children under 16 were killed or injured in Houghton-le-Spring, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Houghton-le-Spring.

Where Houghton-le-Spring ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
829th
Most casualties
821st
Most fatal collisions
588th
Most serious collisions
760th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday128 (15%)
  • Tuesday123 (14%)
  • Wednesday120 (14%)
  • Thursday155 (18%)
  • Friday132 (15%)
  • Saturday112 (13%)
  • Sunday95 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight626 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit211 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (1.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway769 (89%)
  • Dual carriageway53 (6.1%)
  • Roundabout31 (3.6%)
  • One way street or slip road9 (1%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (1.2%)
  • 30 mph758 (88%)
  • 40 mph53 (6.1%)
  • 50 mph13 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph20 (2.3%)
  • 70 mph11 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds727 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds72 (8.3%)
  • Fine with high winds27 (3.1%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist7 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other10 (1.2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant556 (49%)
  • Pedestrian268 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist98 (8.7%)
  • Cyclist87 (7.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant75 (6.6%)
  • Van occupant22 (1.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)6 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Houghton-le-Spring road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Houghton-le-Spring, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Houghton-le-Spring peaked at 32 in 1999; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251013
2024610
202378
202288
2021913
20201617
20191114
20181116
20171010
20161922
20151315
20141622
20131519
20121521
20111313
20102230
20092028
20081315
20071313
20061922
20052024
20042632
20032839
20022426
20011226
20002532
19993245
19982031
19972734
19962023
19952333
19942139
19932631
19922630
19911316
19902942
19891722
19882634
19872840
19861926
19851526
19842124
19831012
19822430
19812229
19802633
19791922

Map of recent crashes in Houghton-le-Spring

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Houghton-le-Spring

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Houghton-le-Spring

The 24 most recent collisions in Houghton-le-Spring happened between 21 October 2022 and 19 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Houghton-le-Spring

The A182 has the most collisions in Houghton-le-Spring, 207 of 865 (24%), followed by the A1052 (70).

Collisions in Houghton-le-Spring on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA182207278242
2ndA10527095518
3rdB1260445909
4thB1284427848
5thB14044257017
6thA690263527

Council area for Houghton-le-Spring

Houghton-le-Spring is in Sunderland, where police recorded 34,891 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Houghton-le-Spring accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Houghton-le-Spring

Collisions in Houghton-le-Spring were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by DH4 (481) and DH5 (384).