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Shildon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 683 road traffic collisions in Shildon, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 827 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 103 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
683
961st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
827
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
103
110 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Shildon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal71%
  • Serious10315%
  • Slight57384%

What the data shows

  • Shildon had 56 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 113 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Shildon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 247 children under 16 were killed or injured in Shildon, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Shildon.

Where Shildon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
961st
Most casualties
989th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
1,130th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday103 (15%)
  • Tuesday90 (13%)
  • Wednesday86 (13%)
  • Thursday102 (15%)
  • Friday115 (17%)
  • Saturday118 (17%)
  • Sunday69 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight505 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit163 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway664 (97%)
  • Roundabout14 (2%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.3%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph634 (93%)
  • 40 mph25 (3.7%)
  • 60 mph23 (3.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds574 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds66 (9.7%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds10 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other7 (1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant345 (42%)
  • Pedestrian292 (35%)
  • Motorcyclist76 (9.2%)
  • Cyclist63 (7.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant29 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Shildon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Shildon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Shildon peaked at 32 in 1988; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202545
202456
202377
2022710
202145
202056
201934
201833
20171116
201677
201589
201499
20131013
20121318
20111214
2010811
20091419
20081112
20071724
20061112
20052223
20041214
20031719
20021518
20011517
20001217
19991215
19981012
19972737
19961925
19951924
19942330
19931821
19921823
19911721
19901515
19892629
19883239
19872428
19862124
19851419
19842528
19831317
19821922
19812832
19802226
19791922

Map of recent crashes in Shildon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Shildon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Shildon

The 24 most recent collisions in Shildon happened between 5 July 2021 and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Shildon

The B6282 has the most collisions in Shildon, 75 of 683 (11%), followed by the A6072 (74).

Collisions in Shildon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6282759105
2ndA60727486215
3rdB62837902

Council area for Shildon

Shildon is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Shildon accounts for 1.2% of them.

Postcode district for Shildon

All 683 collisions in Shildon were in the DL4 postcode district.