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Wingate road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 363 road traffic collisions in Wingate, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 498 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 68 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
363
1,389th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
498
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
68
73 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wingate

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal61.7%
  • Serious6819%
  • Slight28980%

What the data shows

  • Wingate had 44 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 70 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Wingate were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 122 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wingate, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Wingate.

Where Wingate ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,389th
Most casualties
1,327th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,461st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday53 (15%)
  • Tuesday49 (13%)
  • Wednesday64 (18%)
  • Thursday36 (9.9%)
  • Friday55 (15%)
  • Saturday61 (17%)
  • Sunday45 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight255 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit98 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway338 (93%)
  • Roundabout17 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (1.1%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph318 (88%)
  • 40 mph20 (5.5%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph23 (6.3%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds300 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (3.6%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant257 (52%)
  • Pedestrian110 (22%)
  • Motorcyclist54 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant38 (7.6%)
  • Cyclist20 (4%)
  • Van occupant15 (3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wingate road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wingate, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wingate peaked at 19 in 1990; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202434
202356
202224
202155
202023
2019916
201869
201733
2016812
2015410
2014511
201367
201255
2011711
2010915
2009813
200867
20071012
20061015
200533
200456
2003912
20021014
200147
2000910
19991117
19981015
199734
19961216
199578
199458
19931321
19921415
19911318
19901943
198988
198878
19871720
19861111
198566
198499
1983910
1982810
198166
19801112
19791012

Map of recent crashes in Wingate

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wingate

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wingate

The 24 most recent collisions in Wingate happened between 27 March 2019 and 17 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wingate

The B1280 has the most collisions in Wingate, 232 of 363 (64%), followed by the A181 (40).

Collisions in Wingate on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1280232327453
2ndA181405814
3rdA193501

Council area for Wingate

Wingate is in County Durham, where police recorded 59,228 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wingate accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Wingate

Collisions in Wingate were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by TS28 (328) and TS27 (35).