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Sedgefield road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 184 road traffic collisions in Sedgefield, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 232 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 34 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
184
2,039th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
232
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Serious collisions
34
39 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sedgefield

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.7%
  • Serious3418%
  • Slight14579%

What the data shows

  • Sedgefield had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 30 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Sedgefield were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sedgefield, 9.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 48% of collisions in Sedgefield.

Where Sedgefield ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,039th
Most casualties
2,092nd
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday24 (13%)
  • Tuesday28 (15%)
  • Wednesday17 (9.2%)
  • Thursday35 (19%)
  • Friday40 (22%)
  • Saturday21 (11%)
  • Sunday19 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight128 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit49 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway177 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (2.2%)
  • Roundabout3 (1.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph147 (80%)
  • 40 mph3 (1.6%)
  • 50 mph2 (1.1%)
  • 60 mph30 (16%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds141 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds31 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (3.3%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant112 (48%)
  • Pedestrian56 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist31 (13%)
  • Cyclist15 (6.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (5.6%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sedgefield road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sedgefield, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sedgefield peaked at 11 in 2005; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202423
202311
202267
202100
202011
201933
201800
201711
201635
201511
201458
201344
201258
201124
201000
200945
200822
200744
200634
20051113
200433
200322
200200
2001611
200044
199955
199833
199778
199644
199546
199433
1993715
199223
199144
199089
198900
1988712
198744
198679
198566
198478
198366
198234
198178
198089
1979811

Map of recent crashes in Sedgefield

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sedgefield

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sedgefield

The 24 most recent collisions in Sedgefield happened between 25 February 2014 and 4 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sedgefield

The B1278 has the most collisions in Sedgefield, 28 of 184 (15%), followed by the A177 (9).

Collisions in Sedgefield on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB12782836211
2ndA17791701
3rdA6893510

Council area for Sedgefield

Sedgefield is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sedgefield accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Sedgefield

All 184 collisions in Sedgefield were in the TS21 postcode district.