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Toft Hill and High Etherley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 123 road traffic collisions in Toft Hill and High Etherley, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 167 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 14 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 16 August 2023.

Collisions since 1979
123
2,550th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
167
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
14
16 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
16 Aug 2023
Busiest year
1985
7 collisions

Road collision statistics for Toft Hill and High Etherley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.6%
  • Serious1411%
  • Slight10787%

What the data shows

  • Toft Hill and High Etherley had 7 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 68% fewer than the 22 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Toft Hill and High Etherley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Toft Hill and High Etherley are between noon and 3pm, with 28% of collisions.
  • 30 children under 16 were killed or injured in Toft Hill and High Etherley, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Toft Hill and High Etherley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,550th
Most casualties
2,533rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,827th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday20 (16%)
  • Tuesday18 (15%)
  • Wednesday20 (16%)
  • Thursday19 (15%)
  • Friday15 (12%)
  • Saturday16 (13%)
  • Sunday15 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight94 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit26 (21%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway122 (99%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph110 (89%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph12 (9.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds98 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds15 (12%)
  • Fog or mist5 (4.1%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant103 (62%)
  • Pedestrian28 (17%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (9%)
  • Cyclist7 (4.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (3%)
  • Van occupant5 (3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (2.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Toft Hill and High Etherley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Toft Hill and High Etherley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Toft Hill and High Etherley peaked at 7 in 1985; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202311
202211
202112
202000
201900
201834
201714
201600
201522
201412
201323
201234
201111
201059
200912
200811
200723
200645
200500
200448
200357
200222
200156
200045
199935
199835
199734
199634
199534
199456
199367
199233
199135
199045
198969
198811
198722
198645
198578
198422
198346
198222
198123
198045
197944

Map of recent crashes in Toft Hill and High Etherley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Toft Hill and High Etherley

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Toft Hill and High Etherley

The 24 most recent collisions in Toft Hill and High Etherley happened between 28 August 2007 and 16 August 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Toft Hill and High Etherley

The A68 has the most collisions in Toft Hill and High Etherley, 62 of 123 (50%), followed by the B6282 (51).

Collisions in Toft Hill and High Etherley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA68628619
2ndB6282516913

Council area for Toft Hill and High Etherley

Toft Hill and High Etherley is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Toft Hill and High Etherley accounts for 0.2% of them.

Postcode district for Toft Hill and High Etherley

All 123 collisions in Toft Hill and High Etherley were in the DL14 postcode district.