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Tanfield Lea road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 125 road traffic collisions in Tanfield Lea, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 174 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 20 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
125
2,528th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
174
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
20
24 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Tanfield Lea

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.6%
  • Serious2016%
  • Slight10382%

What the data shows

  • Tanfield Lea had 10 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 69% fewer than the 32 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Tanfield Lea were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 54 children under 16 were killed or injured in Tanfield Lea, 31% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Tanfield Lea.

Where Tanfield Lea ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,528th
Most casualties
2,468th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,720th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (18%)
  • Tuesday17 (14%)
  • Wednesday17 (14%)
  • Thursday17 (14%)
  • Friday29 (23%)
  • Saturday15 (12%)
  • Sunday8 (6.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight97 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit26 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway125 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph120 (96%)
  • 60 mph4 (3.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds103 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds11 (8.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (4%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.6%)
  • Other1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant96 (55%)
  • Pedestrian45 (26%)
  • Cyclist11 (6.3%)
  • Motorcyclist11 (6.3%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (2.9%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Tanfield Lea road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Tanfield Lea, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Tanfield Lea peaked at 6 in 2009; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202411
202300
202211
202100
202022
201900
201823
201711
201600
201511
201436
201333
201200
201125
201048
200968
2008613
200712
2006610
200544
200466
200355
200211
200156
200055
199957
199811
199723
199637
199512
199436
199300
199233
199167
199011
198922
198836
198735
198622
198547
198444
198334
198222
198100
198068
197933

Map of recent crashes in Tanfield Lea

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Tanfield Lea

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Tanfield Lea

The 24 most recent collisions in Tanfield Lea happened between 30 October 2009 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Tanfield Lea

Of the 125 collisions in Tanfield Lea, 72 were on the B6173.

Collisions in Tanfield Lea on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB617372104212

Council area for Tanfield Lea

Tanfield Lea is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Tanfield Lea accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Tanfield Lea

All 125 collisions in Tanfield Lea were in the DH9 postcode district.