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Tow Law road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 155 road traffic collisions in Tow Law, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 209 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 32 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
155
2,228th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
209
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
32
32 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Tow Law

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.3%
  • Serious3221%
  • Slight12178%

What the data shows

  • Tow Law had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 65% fewer than the 34 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 22% of collisions in Tow Law were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 51 children under 16 were killed or injured in Tow Law, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in Tow Law.

Where Tow Law ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,228th
Most casualties
2,215th
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,244th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (17%)
  • Tuesday19 (12%)
  • Wednesday15 (9.7%)
  • Thursday22 (14%)
  • Friday30 (19%)
  • Saturday28 (18%)
  • Sunday15 (9.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight116 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit33 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway154 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph139 (90%)
  • 40 mph5 (3.2%)
  • 60 mph11 (7.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds104 (67%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (6.5%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (6.5%)
  • Fog or mist8 (5.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other1 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant112 (54%)
  • Pedestrian55 (26%)
  • Cyclist14 (6.7%)
  • Motorcyclist12 (5.7%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)
  • E-scooter or powered transporter user1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Tow Law road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Tow Law, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Tow Law peaked at 8 in 1999; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202322
202200
202111
202038
201911
201811
201733
201600
201555
201424
201311
201222
201122
201045
200955
2008613
200755
200623
200545
200455
2003712
200234
200100
200059
199988
199856
199759
199655
1995810
199422
199311
199244
199145
199046
198958
198834
198733
198635
198533
198468
198313
198277
198111
198048
197936

Map of recent crashes in Tow Law

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Tow Law

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Tow Law

The 24 most recent collisions in Tow Law happened between 10 June 2011 and 6 December 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Tow Law

The A68 has the most collisions in Tow Law, 123 of 155 (79%), followed by the B6297 (5).

Collisions in Tow Law on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA68123166225
2ndB62975700
3rdB63015901

Council area for Tow Law

Tow Law is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Tow Law accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Tow Law

All 155 collisions in Tow Law were in the DL13 postcode district.