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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Newton Aycliffe, Darlington, Sedgefield, Ferryhill.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 185 collisions are on record, 3 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the A1(M) itself, within 2 miles of J59. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for A1(M) J59 → 17 of 19 junctions on the A1(M) · see where it ranks nationallyA1(M) J59 is at Darrington & Wentbridge. National Highways signs it as Darrington. The nearest town is Newton Aycliffe.
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Police STATS19 records show 9 collisions on the A1(M) within 2 miles of J59, including 0 fatal and 3 serious. Counting every road in the area, 185 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 509 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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