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Wheatley Hill road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 207 road traffic collisions in Wheatley Hill, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 258 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 44 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
207
1,914th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
258
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
44
47 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wheatley Hill

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal83.9%
  • Serious4421%
  • Slight15575%

What the data shows

  • Wheatley Hill had 22 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 35 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Wheatley Hill were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 67 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wheatley Hill, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Wheatley Hill.

Where Wheatley Hill ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,914th
Most casualties
1,970th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,873rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday31 (15%)
  • Tuesday32 (15%)
  • Wednesday21 (10%)
  • Thursday29 (14%)
  • Friday39 (19%)
  • Saturday27 (13%)
  • Sunday28 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight148 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit50 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (1.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway207 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1%)
  • 30 mph187 (90%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph17 (8.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds163 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds25 (12%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other4 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant122 (47%)
  • Pedestrian77 (30%)
  • Cyclist22 (8.5%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (7.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wheatley Hill road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wheatley Hill, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wheatley Hill peaked at 13 in 1985; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
202433
202300
202234
202111
202035
201922
201834
201711
201644
201523
201434
201334
201246
201155
201068
200934
200834
200757
200611
200511
200458
200344
200289
200166
200055
199955
199869
199747
199656
199544
199466
199377
1992711
1991914
1990910
198934
19881016
198722
198679
19851314
198445
198322
198268
198155
198045
197933

Map of recent crashes in Wheatley Hill

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wheatley Hill

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wheatley Hill

The 24 most recent collisions in Wheatley Hill happened between 10 September 2015 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wheatley Hill

The B1279 has the most collisions in Wheatley Hill, 64 of 207 (31%), followed by the A181 (39).

Collisions in Wheatley Hill on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB12796482316
2ndA1813957410

Council area for Wheatley Hill

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

Postcode district for Wheatley Hill

All 207 collisions in Wheatley Hill were in the DH6 postcode district.