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Sacriston road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 341 road traffic collisions in Sacriston, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 454 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 64 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
341
1,443rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
454
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
64
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sacriston

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.5%
  • Serious6419%
  • Slight27280%

What the data shows

  • Sacriston had 34 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 57 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Sacriston were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 106 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sacriston, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Sacriston.

Where Sacriston ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,443rd
Most casualties
1,412th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,515th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday54 (16%)
  • Tuesday58 (17%)
  • Wednesday42 (12%)
  • Thursday49 (14%)
  • Friday57 (17%)
  • Saturday47 (14%)
  • Sunday34 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight259 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit74 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway340 (100%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph330 (97%)
  • 40 mph2 (0.6%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph8 (2.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds279 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds41 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.6%)
  • Other3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant239 (53%)
  • Pedestrian115 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (8.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant21 (4.6%)
  • Cyclist19 (4.2%)
  • Van occupant13 (2.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sacriston road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sacriston, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sacriston peaked at 17 in 1983; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202345
202233
202144
202024
201934
201867
201766
201633
2015710
201444
201369
201269
201156
2010712
200969
200822
2007612
200689
200568
200467
2003912
2002913
20011015
20001113
19991321
199844
199746
19961121
1995610
199489
199358
199289
199188
1990711
19891117
19881111
19871325
198677
19851619
19841516
19831721
198278
198188
1980812
19791214

Map of recent crashes in Sacriston

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sacriston

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sacriston

The 24 most recent collisions in Sacriston happened between 6 February 2018 and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sacriston

The B6532 has the most collisions in Sacriston, 195 of 341 (57%), followed by the B6312 (78).

Collisions in Sacriston on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6532195270541
2ndB63127810109

Council area for Sacriston

Sacriston is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sacriston accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Sacriston

All 341 collisions in Sacriston were in the DH7 postcode district.