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Sherburn (County Durham) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
141
2,363rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
175
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
32
34 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sherburn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.7%
  • Serious3223%
  • Slight10877%

What the data shows

  • Sherburn had 23 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Sherburn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sherburn, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Sherburn.

Where Sherburn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,363rd
Most casualties
2,458th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,244th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (14%)
  • Tuesday20 (14%)
  • Wednesday16 (11%)
  • Thursday19 (13%)
  • Friday27 (19%)
  • Saturday22 (16%)
  • Sunday17 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit34 (24%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway122 (87%)
  • Roundabout18 (13%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph138 (98%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph2 (1.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds119 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant83 (47%)
  • Pedestrian46 (26%)
  • Cyclist16 (9.1%)
  • Motorcyclist14 (8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (6.9%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sherburn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sherburn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sherburn peaked at 7 in 1996; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202311
202211
202123
202044
201945
201856
201711
201623
201526
201467
201355
201200
201135
201046
200933
200844
200734
200622
200538
200422
200323
200244
200100
200033
199945
199811
199733
1996712
199577
199444
199345
199211
199124
199033
198911
198833
198711
198678
198544
198444
198347
198222
198100
198067
197944

Map of recent crashes in Sherburn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sherburn

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sherburn

The 24 most recent collisions in Sherburn happened between 27 May 2015 and 7 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sherburn

Of the 141 collisions in Sherburn, 95 were on the B1283.

Collisions in Sherburn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB128395124124

Council area for Sherburn

Sherburn is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sherburn accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Sherburn

All 141 collisions in Sherburn were in the DH6 postcode district.