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Leadgate road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 234 road traffic collisions in Leadgate, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 297 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 36 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
234
1,788th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
297
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
36
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Leadgate

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.1%
  • Serious3615%
  • Slight19382%

What the data shows

  • Leadgate had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 39 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Leadgate were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 86 children under 16 were killed or injured in Leadgate, 29% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Leadgate.

Where Leadgate ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,788th
Most casualties
1,825th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
2,107th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday33 (14%)
  • Tuesday38 (16%)
  • Wednesday28 (12%)
  • Thursday37 (16%)
  • Friday34 (15%)
  • Saturday39 (17%)
  • Sunday25 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight177 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit55 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway229 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.3%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph228 (97%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph4 (1.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds177 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds9 (3.8%)
  • Fog or mist8 (3.4%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Other7 (3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant138 (46%)
  • Pedestrian82 (28%)
  • Cyclist40 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (6.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (3%)
  • Van occupant7 (2.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Leadgate road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Leadgate, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Leadgate peaked at 13 in 1984; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202434
202323
202233
202111
202022
201922
201812
201734
201622
201535
2014812
201324
201234
201144
201056
200945
200855
200745
200611
200555
200478
200359
200268
200124
20001014
199935
199867
1997610
199655
199535
199455
199369
199279
199145
199078
198977
1988810
198746
198645
198556
19841316
19831113
198279
198155
19801010
19791217

Map of recent crashes in Leadgate

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Leadgate

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 Leadgate

The 24 most recent collisions in Leadgate happened between 29 May 2015 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Leadgate

The B6309 has the most collisions in Leadgate, 54 of 234 (23%), followed by the A692 (29).

Collisions in Leadgate on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB63095472110
2ndA692294003
3rdA691161703

Council area for Leadgate

Leadgate is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Leadgate accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Leadgate

All 234 collisions in Leadgate were in the DH8 postcode district.