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

Police recorded 1,498 road traffic collisions in Stanley, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,940 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 245 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 13 collisions, up from 12 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,498
569th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,940
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
23 people killed
Serious collisions
245
266 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
13
12 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
17
19 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Stanley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal231.5%
  • Serious24516%
  • Slight1,23082%

What the data shows

  • Stanley had 198 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 341 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Stanley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 423 children under 16 were killed or injured in Stanley, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Stanley.

Where Stanley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
569th
Most casualties
555th
Most fatal collisions
433rd
Most serious collisions
606th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday210 (14%)
  • Tuesday195 (13%)
  • Wednesday192 (13%)
  • Thursday240 (16%)
  • Friday258 (17%)
  • Saturday234 (16%)
  • Sunday169 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,086 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit386 (26%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,177 (79%)
  • Roundabout172 (11%)
  • Dual carriageway110 (7.3%)
  • One way street or slip road32 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph1,318 (88%)
  • 40 mph140 (9.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph35 (2.3%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,217 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds153 (10%)
  • Fine with high winds49 (3.3%)
  • Raining with high winds23 (1.5%)
  • Fog or mist18 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds6 (0.4%)
  • Other15 (1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant991 (51%)
  • Pedestrian503 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist170 (8.8%)
  • Cyclist129 (6.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant86 (4.4%)
  • Van occupant26 (1.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant19 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (weight unknown)2 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Stanley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Stanley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Stanley peaked at 49 in 1983; 2025 had 13.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251317
20241219
20231924
20222030
20212124
20201624
20192840
20181820
20172426
20162735
20152734
20142536
20133243
20122946
20113345
20104569
20093749
20083452
20073746
20064262
20054152
20043845
20033850
20023945
20013443
20003544
19993038
19984462
19972935
19964254
19954564
19943543
19932326
19923750
19913745
19903645
19892837
19883037
19874056
19863944
19853843
19843036
19834960
19821920
19813339
19802632
19794454

Map of recent crashes in Stanley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Stanley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Stanley

The 24 most recent collisions in Stanley happened between 26 January 2024 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Stanley

The A693 has the most collisions in Stanley, 444 of 1,498 (30%), followed by the B6532 (176).

Collisions in Stanley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA693444586771
2ndB6532176236328
3rdA6076159218319
4thB6173324505
5thB6313162002

Council area for Stanley

Stanley is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Stanley accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode district for Stanley

All 1,498 collisions in Stanley were in the DH9 postcode district.