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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Washington, Chester-le-Street, Gateshead, Newcastle.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 866 collisions are on record, 9 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 J65. 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) J65 → 14 of 19 junctions on the A1(M) · see where it ranks nationallyA1(M) J65 is at Darlington & Barton. National Highways signs it as Barton. The nearest town is Washington.
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Police STATS19 records show 26 collisions on the A1(M) within 2 miles of J65, including 0 fatal and 7 serious. Counting every road in the area, 866 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 387 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
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