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Wolsingham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 115 road traffic collisions in Wolsingham, County Durham, from 1979 to 2025, and 168 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 22 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
115
2,642nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
168
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
22
25 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wolsingham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.9%
  • Serious2219%
  • Slight9280%

What the data shows

  • Wolsingham had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 68% fewer than the 28 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Wolsingham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 22 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wolsingham, 13% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Wolsingham.

Where Wolsingham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,642nd
Most casualties
2,525th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,653rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday11 (9.6%)
  • Tuesday17 (15%)
  • Wednesday16 (14%)
  • Thursday16 (14%)
  • Friday16 (14%)
  • Saturday26 (23%)
  • Sunday13 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight89 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit22 (19%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (3.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway115 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph101 (88%)
  • 60 mph13 (11%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds98 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds13 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant91 (54%)
  • Pedestrian38 (23%)
  • Motorcyclist26 (15%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (2.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.8%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.8%)
  • Cyclist2 (1.2%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wolsingham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wolsingham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wolsingham peaked at 6 in 2008; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202312
202200
202111
202023
201914
201811
201712
201611
201536
201400
201311
201212
201157
201023
200946
200867
200734
200637
200511
2004510
200311
200233
200111
200022
199933
1998511
199711
199624
199533
199425
199344
199211
199144
199044
198927
198856
198722
198655
198536
198423
198344
198223
198146
198047
197933

Map of recent crashes in Wolsingham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wolsingham

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wolsingham

The 24 most recent collisions in Wolsingham happened between 28 July 2009 and 6 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wolsingham

The A689 has the most collisions in Wolsingham, 72 of 115 (63%), followed by the B6296 (28).

Collisions in Wolsingham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA68972106113
2ndB6296283904

Council area for Wolsingham

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

Postcode district for Wolsingham

All 115 collisions in Wolsingham were in the DL13 postcode district.