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Thornley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 127 road traffic collisions in Thornley, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 179 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 32 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
127
2,505th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
179
1.41 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
32
36 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Thornley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.8%
  • Serious3225%
  • Slight9474%

What the data shows

  • Thornley had 7 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 50% fewer than the 14 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Thornley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 34 children under 16 were killed or injured in Thornley, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Thornley.

Where Thornley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,505th
Most casualties
2,429th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,244th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday16 (13%)
  • Tuesday13 (10%)
  • Wednesday16 (13%)
  • Thursday18 (14%)
  • Friday29 (23%)
  • Saturday19 (15%)
  • Sunday16 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight86 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit36 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (3.1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway123 (97%)
  • Roundabout3 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph114 (90%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph11 (8.7%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds104 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (7.9%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (3.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant94 (53%)
  • Pedestrian37 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (11%)
  • Cyclist9 (5%)
  • Van occupant8 (4.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (1.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Thornley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Thornley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Thornley peaked at 8 in 1991; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202412
202300
202211
202100
202011
201911
201800
201714
201600
201511
201422
201322
201212
201100
201046
200900
200812
200724
200611
200569
200433
200345
200267
200100
200011
199913
199800
199746
199622
199533
1994711
199378
199245
1991814
199056
198959
198823
198777
198635
198534
198456
198338
198247
198122
198036
197988

Map of recent crashes in Thornley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Thornley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Thornley

The 24 most recent collisions in Thornley happened between 17 August 2005 and 6 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Thornley

The B1279 has the most collisions in Thornley, 76 of 127 (60%), followed by the A181 (13).

Collisions in Thornley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB127976109121
2ndA181132203

Council area for Thornley

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

Postcode district for Thornley

All 127 collisions in Thornley were in the DH6 postcode district.