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Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 7UT area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
544
1,056th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
727
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
9
Down 50% on 2024

Crash severity at the NE15 7UT hotspot

58 of the 544 collisions here (11%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.4%
  • Serious5610%
  • Slight48689%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
58
Slightly injured
667
All casualties
727

Accidents by year at the NE15 7UT hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 36 in 2006, against an average of 22 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE15 7UT hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025914
20241819
20231115
20221519
20211112
2020911
20191617
20181924
20171416
20162027
20153239
20141418
20131824
20122225
20113038
20101923
20092838
20083155
20072435
20063652
20053244
20042538
20033040
20022839
20013345

Map of crashes at the NE15 7UT hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE15 7UT.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE15 7UT area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the NE15 7UT hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Benwell, Scotswood & Denton Burn
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE15 7UT
Postcode district
NE15
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.98214, -1.68921
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
28 November 2025
Rank by collisions
1,056th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE15 7UT hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A186, with 185 of 544, followed by the A1 with 125.

Collisions at the NE15 7UT hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA186185248017
2ndA112518809
3rdA1917691110
4thA69577303
5thB1311334117
6thB63281200

Towns near the NE15 7UT hotspot

463 of the 544 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

All 544 crashes at the NE15 7UT hotspot

Newest first, from 8 January 2001 to 28 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year