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South Hetton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 152 road traffic collisions in South Hetton, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 200 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 30 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
152
2,255th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
200
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
7 people killed
Serious collisions
30
35 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for South Hetton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal53.3%
  • Serious3020%
  • Slight11777%

What the data shows

  • South Hetton had 14 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 26 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in South Hetton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 44 children under 16 were killed or injured in South Hetton, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in South Hetton.

Where South Hetton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,255th
Most casualties
2,270th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
2,329th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (14%)
  • Tuesday21 (14%)
  • Wednesday26 (17%)
  • Thursday18 (12%)
  • Friday28 (18%)
  • Saturday19 (13%)
  • Sunday19 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight106 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit45 (30%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway152 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph148 (97%)
  • 60 mph3 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds130 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds12 (7.9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (3.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant93 (47%)
  • Pedestrian50 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (10%)
  • Cyclist12 (6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (4%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.5%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

South Hetton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Hetton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in South Hetton peaked at 10 in 1996; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202411
202322
202200
202111
202033
201911
201833
201722
201600
201522
201446
201334
201222
201123
201034
200922
200828
200722
200645
200524
200434
200357
200212
200145
200011
199934
199855
199711
19961012
199522
1994912
199344
199255
199145
199055
198967
198838
198734
198669
198544
198445
198358
198226
198178
198024
197966

Map of recent crashes in South Hetton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in South Hetton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in South Hetton

The 24 most recent collisions in South Hetton happened between 21 June 2012 and 13 April 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in South Hetton

Of the 152 collisions in South Hetton, 114 were on the A182.

Collisions in South Hetton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA182114160522

Council area for South Hetton

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

Postcode district for South Hetton

All 152 collisions in South Hetton were in the DH6 postcode district.