Road crashes in Darlington

6,034 recorded collisions since 2000.

Darlington has recorded 6,034 road collisions since 2000, 69 of them fatal and 844 causing serious injury. That makes it the 266th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.4 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 67% since 2000, from 361 to 119 in 2024. The A167 is the most affected road locally, with 966 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.