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West Rainton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 115 road traffic collisions in West Rainton, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 192 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 24 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
115
2,642nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
192
1.67 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
24
31 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for West Rainton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21.7%
  • Serious2421%
  • Slight8977%

What the data shows

  • West Rainton had 19 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 21% fewer than the 24 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in West Rainton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 21 children under 16 were killed or injured in West Rainton, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in West Rainton.

Where West Rainton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,642nd
Most casualties
2,323rd
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday15 (13%)
  • Tuesday11 (9.6%)
  • Wednesday13 (11%)
  • Thursday22 (19%)
  • Friday19 (17%)
  • Saturday15 (13%)
  • Sunday20 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight78 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway67 (58%)
  • Dual carriageway48 (42%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph48 (42%)
  • 40 mph6 (5.2%)
  • 50 mph25 (22%)
  • 60 mph8 (7%)
  • 70 mph27 (23%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds99 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant131 (68%)
  • Pedestrian20 (10%)
  • Cyclist13 (6.8%)
  • Motorcyclist12 (6.3%)
  • Van occupant11 (5.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (2.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

West Rainton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in West Rainton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in West Rainton peaked at 7 in 2007; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202423
202312
202234
202111
202000
201934
201822
201748
201636
201512
201444
201323
201200
201112
201023
200911
200811
2007711
200657
200545
200424
200337
200225
200112
200022
199914
199844
199744
1996511
199533
199468
199311
199215
199126
1990515
1989615
198824
198723
198622
198513
198411
198333
198222
198134
198012
197933

Map of recent crashes in West Rainton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in West Rainton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in West Rainton

The 24 most recent collisions in West Rainton happened between 2 January 2014 and 11 September 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in West Rainton

Of the 115 collisions in West Rainton, 49 were on the A690.

Collisions in West Rainton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6904999212

Council area for West Rainton

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

Postcode districts in West Rainton

Collisions in West Rainton were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by DH4 (106) and DH5 (9).