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County Durham road collision data
Between 2021 and 2025, the police recorded 2,370 injury collisions in County Durham's highway authority area, 886 of them fatal or serious. These are the published STATS19 figures, which also include motorways and trunk roads in the area.
- Injury collisions
- 2,370
- 2021–2025
- Casualties
- 3,139
- People injured or killed
- Fatal collisions
- 86
- 800 serious, 1,484 slight
- Vulnerable road users
- 48%
- of people killed or seriously injured
Collisions by year and severity
In 2025, County Durham recorded 177 fatal or serious collisions, in line with its average of 177 a year over 2021–2025.
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | Total | Casualties | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | 155 | 343 | 509 | 699 |
166
|
| 2022 | 16 | 168 | 323 | 507 | 685 |
184
|
| 2023 | 21 | 158 | 285 | 464 | 610 |
179
|
| 2024 | 18 | 162 | 272 | 452 | 584 |
180
|
| 2025 | 20 | 157 | 261 | 438 | 561 |
177
|
| 2021–2025 | 86 | 800 | 1,484 | 2,370 | 3,139 | 886 |
Casualties by road user
3,139 people were hurt in these collisions: 94 killed, 925 seriously injured and 2,120 slightly injured. Pedestrians, pedal cyclists and motorcyclists made up 48% of those killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Casualties | Share | Killed or seriously injured | Share of KSI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 501 | 16.0% | 197 | 19.3% |
| Pedal cyclists | 244 | 7.8% | 78 | 7.7% |
| Motorcyclists | 306 | 9.7% | 210 | 20.6% |
| All road users | 3,139 | 100% | 1,019 | 100% |
Roads with the most collisions
Classified roads in County Durham, by injury collisions recorded on them in 2021–2025.
- A689 98 collisions · 44 fatal or serious
- A167 97 collisions · 29 fatal or serious
- A690 84 collisions · 23 fatal or serious
- A688 80 collisions · 33 fatal or serious
- A1(M) 71 collisions · 23 fatal or serious
- A693 61 collisions · 7 fatal or serious
- A691 49 collisions · 20 fatal or serious
- A177 46 collisions · 23 fatal or serious
- A19 46 collisions · 25 fatal or serious
- B6532 41 collisions · 16 fatal or serious
Areas within County Durham
Area pages with maps, hotspots and every collision, by collisions in 2021–2025.
How to get a formal collision extract from County Durham
The council's road safety or traffic team holds the full police records for its area. A formal extract can add what the published data leaves out: contributory factors, the officer's description of each collision and the current year's provisional records. Developers, consultants and solicitors usually pay for it.
Check County Durham's website for current fees, or contact its road safety team. Councils usually charge for extracts and send a quote before they start.
Source: Department for Transport road safety data (STATS19), 2021–2025, published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Collisions are counted against the local highway authority area recorded by the police. Casualty severities are as recorded at the time and are not adjusted.