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West Auckland road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 222 road traffic collisions in West Auckland, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 282 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 35 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
222
1,841st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
282
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
35
41 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for West Auckland

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal52.3%
  • Serious3516%
  • Slight18282%

What the data shows

  • West Auckland had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 53% fewer than the 36 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in West Auckland were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 57 children under 16 were killed or injured in West Auckland, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in West Auckland.

Where West Auckland ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,841st
Most casualties
1,881st
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
2,148th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (14%)
  • Tuesday34 (15%)
  • Wednesday22 (9.9%)
  • Thursday46 (21%)
  • Friday29 (13%)
  • Saturday37 (17%)
  • Sunday23 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight167 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway210 (95%)
  • Roundabout9 (4.1%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph203 (91%)
  • 40 mph4 (1.8%)
  • 60 mph15 (6.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds175 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds30 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2.7%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.9%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant155 (55%)
  • Pedestrian69 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (9.6%)
  • Cyclist17 (6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant4 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

West Auckland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Auckland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in West Auckland peaked at 12 in 2005; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202311
202211
202111
202011
201911
201844
201711
201644
201522
201433
201311
201211
201122
201033
2009710
20081012
200734
200645
20051218
200446
200345
2002811
200144
20001215
1999710
1998813
1997911
199689
199556
199434
19931012
199267
199168
199068
19891011
198822
198724
198623
198549
19841112
198346
198259
198167
198078
197944

Map of recent crashes in West Auckland

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in West Auckland

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in West Auckland

The 24 most recent collisions in West Auckland happened between 24 January 2012 and 4 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in West Auckland

The A688 has the most collisions in West Auckland, 89 of 222 (40%), followed by the A68 (70).

Collisions in West Auckland on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA68889118212
2ndA687091111

Council area for West Auckland

West Auckland is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. West Auckland accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for West Auckland

All 222 collisions in West Auckland were in the DL14 postcode district.