Road collisions in County Durham
Latest figures published 1 Oct 2026. Each figure shows its own source and date.
The police recorded 2,370 road collisions where someone was hurt on County Durham's roads from 2021 to 2025. 86 were fatal and 800 serious.
County Durham in 2025
- Reported injury collisions
- 438
- Fatal
- 20
- Serious
- 157
- Fatal and serious per 100,000 people
- 32.8
- Great Britain: 39.4
Source: DfT STATS19 collisions, 2021 to 2025, published 30 July 2026; ONS MYE2, mid-2025, published 1 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Collisions each year
| Year | Fatal | Serious | Slight | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | 155 | 343 | 509 |
| 2022 | 16 | 168 | 323 | 507 |
| 2023 | 21 | 158 | 285 | 464 |
| 2024 | 18 | 162 | 272 | 452 |
| 2025 | 20 | 157 | 261 | 438 |
Source: DfT STATS19 collisions, 2021 to 2025, published 30 July 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Severity is the police's own assessment, not adjusted.
Who was hurt
3,139 people were killed or injured in collisions on County Durham's roads from 2021 to 2025, 1,019 of them killed or seriously injured. They are counted where the collision happened, not where they live.
| Road user | Killed | Seriously injured | Slightly injured | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrian | 15 | 182 | 304 | 501 |
| Cyclist | 1 | 77 | 166 | 244 |
| E-scooter rider | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Motorcyclist | 22 | 188 | 96 | 306 |
| Car occupant | 50 | 411 | 1,373 | 1,834 |
| Van or goods vehicle occupant | 3 | 31 | 103 | 137 |
| Bus or coach occupant | 0 | 13 | 52 | 65 |
| Other | 3 | 21 | 21 | 45 |
| All road users | 94 | 925 | 2,120 | 3,139 |
Source: DfT STATS19 casualties, 2021 to 2025, published 30 July 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Severity is the police's own assessment, not adjusted. Killed means the person died within 30 days. Small numbers can change a lot from one year to the next.
By speed limit
2021 to 2025.
Source: DfT STATS19 collisions, 2021 to 2025, published 30 July 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Town and country roads
2021 to 2025, as DfT classes the place of each collision.
Source: DfT STATS19 collisions, 2021 to 2025, published 30 July 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Cars in County Durham
Licensed cars kept in County Durham at the end of June 2026, by where the registered keeper lives. Company cars are counted where the company is registered, so a lease firm's home council can look high.
- Licensed cars
- 257,411
- Up 1.0% in a year
- Cars per 1,000 people
- 477
- Great Britain: 491
- Fully electric
- 3.7%
- Great Britain: 5.9%
- Kept by a company
- 5.3%
- Great Britain: 10.2%
- Petrol
- 131,966 (51.3%)
- Diesel
- 90,526 (35.2%)
- Hybrid (petrol)
- 20,248 (7.9%)
- Electric and other fuels
- 14,671 (5.7%)
Source: DfT VEH0105, end of June 2026 (2026 Q2), published 23 September 2026; DfT VEH0142, end of June 2026 (2026 Q2), published 23 September 2026; ONS MYE2, mid-2025, published 1 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Other councils
Compare every council, with collisions by time of day, weather and light across Great Britain.