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Spennymoor road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,261 road traffic collisions in Spennymoor, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,590 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 184 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, down from 14 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,261
644th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,590
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
17 people killed
Serious collisions
184
198 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
14 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
13
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Spennymoor

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal171.3%
  • Serious18415%
  • Slight1,06084%

What the data shows

  • Spennymoor had 147 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 244 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Spennymoor were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 327 children under 16 were killed or injured in Spennymoor, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 36% of collisions in Spennymoor.

Where Spennymoor ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
644th
Most casualties
643rd
Most fatal collisions
560th
Most serious collisions
740th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday181 (14%)
  • Tuesday177 (14%)
  • Wednesday174 (14%)
  • Thursday195 (15%)
  • Friday223 (18%)
  • Saturday192 (15%)
  • Sunday119 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight906 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit323 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown17 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting10 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,177 (93%)
  • Roundabout74 (5.9%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph1,075 (85%)
  • 40 mph72 (5.7%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph109 (8.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,026 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds147 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds25 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds15 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (1%)
  • Fog or mist12 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds9 (0.7%)
  • Other11 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant795 (50%)
  • Pedestrian448 (28%)
  • Motorcyclist119 (7.5%)
  • Cyclist110 (6.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant62 (3.9%)
  • Van occupant35 (2.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.2%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Spennymoor road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Spennymoor, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Spennymoor peaked at 51 in 1992; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251213
20241416
20231316
2022911
20211524
20201114
20191520
20181519
20172328
20162026
20151922
20141823
20131823
20122330
20112532
20102432
20093450
20082736
20072539
20063140
20053035
20042634
20033136
20022739
20012840
20002934
19993648
19983341
19972531
19964153
19954347
19942529
19933946
19925164
19913850
19903237
19893239
19883748
19872531
19862336
19853239
19843240
19832427
19823236
19812833
19803239
19793944

Map of recent crashes in Spennymoor

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Spennymoor

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Spennymoor

The 24 most recent collisions in Spennymoor happened between 5 June 2024 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Spennymoor

The B6288 has the most collisions in Spennymoor, 162 of 1,261 (13%), followed by the A167 (72).

Collisions in Spennymoor on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6288162211425
2ndA16772101010
3rdA688527906

Council area for Spennymoor

Spennymoor is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Spennymoor accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode districts in Spennymoor

Collisions in Spennymoor were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by DL16 (1,204) and DH6 (29).