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Trimdon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 137 road traffic collisions in Trimdon, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 182 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 24 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 8 February 2023.

Collisions since 1979
137
2,405th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
182
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
24
25 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
8 Feb 2023
Busiest year
1989
9 collisions

Road collision statistics for Trimdon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.9%
  • Serious2418%
  • Slight10980%

What the data shows

  • Trimdon had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, about the same as the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Trimdon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 41 children under 16 were killed or injured in Trimdon, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Trimdon.

Where Trimdon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,405th
Most casualties
2,404th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (17%)
  • Tuesday22 (16%)
  • Wednesday21 (15%)
  • Thursday21 (15%)
  • Friday22 (16%)
  • Saturday13 (9.5%)
  • Sunday15 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit27 (20%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway137 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph129 (94%)
  • 40 mph2 (1.5%)
  • 60 mph5 (3.6%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds112 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds17 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Other3 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant90 (49%)
  • Pedestrian42 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist15 (8.2%)
  • Van occupant15 (8.2%)
  • Cyclist11 (6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Trimdon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Trimdon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Trimdon peaked at 9 in 1989; 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
202212
202134
202022
201934
201800
201768
201612
201533
201425
201312
201200
201100
201022
200934
200800
200734
200635
200545
200468
200334
200245
200124
200068
199922
199868
1997714
199633
199522
199455
199322
199256
199134
199056
1989913
198867
198744
198622
198545
198411
198334
198235
198100
198044
197923

Map of recent crashes in Trimdon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Trimdon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Trimdon

The 24 most recent collisions in Trimdon happened between 19 September 2010 and 8 February 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Trimdon

Of the 137 collisions in Trimdon, 50 were on the B1278.

Collisions in Trimdon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB12785070412

Council area for Trimdon

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

Postcode district for Trimdon

All 137 collisions in Trimdon were in the TS29 postcode district.