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Seaham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,433 road traffic collisions in Seaham, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,837 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 19 were fatal and 234 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 15 collisions, up from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,433
589th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,837
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
19
19 people killed
Serious collisions
234
248 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
15
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
20
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Seaham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal191.3%
  • Serious23416%
  • Slight1,18082%

What the data shows

  • Seaham had 154 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 36% fewer than the 242 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Seaham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 571 children under 16 were killed or injured in Seaham, 31% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Seaham.

Where Seaham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
589th
Most casualties
577th
Most fatal collisions
518th
Most serious collisions
629th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday197 (14%)
  • Tuesday187 (13%)
  • Wednesday190 (13%)
  • Thursday213 (15%)
  • Friday275 (19%)
  • Saturday204 (14%)
  • Sunday167 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,090 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit324 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,364 (95%)
  • Roundabout41 (2.9%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (1.1%)
  • Dual carriageway10 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph1,399 (98%)
  • 40 mph10 (0.7%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph14 (1%)
  • 70 mph4 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,175 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds147 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds49 (3.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds20 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other12 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant773 (42%)
  • Pedestrian596 (32%)
  • Motorcyclist166 (9%)
  • Cyclist158 (8.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant61 (3.3%)
  • Van occupant39 (2.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant17 (0.9%)
  • Minibus occupant11 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Seaham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Seaham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Seaham peaked at 63 in 1997; 2025 had 15.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251520
202477
202366
20221011
20211821
20201314
20191825
20182340
20172540
20161922
20151520
20141422
20132128
20123149
20112126
20102629
20092439
20083358
20072837
20062935
20053850
20043237
20032941
20025166
20013145
20003445
19992629
19983343
19976373
19963546
19953752
19942736
19933439
19922935
19914649
19903959
19893949
19882932
19874651
19864454
19854558
19842325
19834550
19824653
19814357
19804762
19794652

Map of recent crashes in Seaham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Seaham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Seaham

The 24 most recent collisions in Seaham happened between 15 July 2023 and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Seaham

The B1285 has the most collisions in Seaham, 268 of 1,433 (19%), followed by the B1404 (182).

Collisions in Seaham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1285268355646
2ndB1404182261529
3rdB12876090013
4thA182152301
5thA193400
6thB14323302

Council area for Seaham

Seaham is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Seaham accounts for 2.4% of them.

Postcode district for Seaham

All 1,433 collisions in Seaham were in the SR7 postcode district.