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Shotton Colliery road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 341 road traffic collisions in Shotton Colliery, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 441 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 82 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
341
1,443rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
441
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
82
84 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Shotton Colliery

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious8224%
  • Slight25775%

What the data shows

  • Shotton Colliery had 33 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 70 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Shotton Colliery were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 105 children under 16 were killed or injured in Shotton Colliery, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Shotton Colliery.

Where Shotton Colliery ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,443rd
Most casualties
1,439th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
1,288th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday47 (14%)
  • Tuesday51 (15%)
  • Wednesday41 (12%)
  • Thursday54 (16%)
  • Friday62 (18%)
  • Saturday42 (12%)
  • Sunday44 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight245 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit90 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.3%)

Type of road

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

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph296 (87%)
  • 40 mph40 (12%)
  • 60 mph5 (1.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds268 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds33 (9.7%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (4.7%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other3 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant208 (47%)
  • Pedestrian129 (29%)
  • Motorcyclist48 (11%)
  • Cyclist26 (5.9%)
  • Van occupant11 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant10 (2.3%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Shotton Colliery road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Shotton Colliery, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Shotton Colliery peaked at 15 in 2001; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202534
202458
202311
202211
202111
202088
201935
201844
201722
201657
201568
201478
2013711
201246
20111118
201057
200989
200869
2007914
2006710
200589
2004911
2003912
2002818
20011517
2000810
199945
199867
19971215
199699
19951215
1994710
1993914
19921012
19911010
199089
19891316
1988911
1987711
198688
19851213
198489
1983910
198278
198179
198066
1979816

Map of recent crashes in Shotton Colliery

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Shotton Colliery

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Shotton Colliery

The 24 most recent collisions in Shotton Colliery happened between 27 July 2018 and 26 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Shotton Colliery

Of the 341 collisions in Shotton Colliery, 76 were on the B1280.

Collisions in Shotton Colliery on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB12807697115

Council area for Shotton Colliery

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

Postcode district for Shotton Colliery

All 341 collisions in Shotton Colliery were in the DH6 postcode district.