Road crashes in County Durham

25,961 recorded collisions since 2000.

County Durham has recorded 25,961 road collisions since 2000, 507 of them fatal and 4,021 causing serious injury. That makes it the 19th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 17% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 19.5 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 71% since 2000, from 1,573 to 452 in 2024. The A167 is the most affected road locally, with 1,175 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.