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Birtley North & Lamesley, Gateshead, DH3 1PZ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
526
1,119th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
841
1.60 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
9
Down 10% on 2024

Crash severity at the DH3 1PZ hotspot

46 of the 526 collisions here (8.7%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.4%
  • Serious448.4%
  • Slight48091%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
50
Slightly injured
789
All casualties
841

Accidents by year at the DH3 1PZ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 40 in 2007, against an average of 21 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the DH3 1PZ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025915
20241016
20231016
202266
202188
2020914
20191116
20181319
20171322
201688
20151924
20141721
20132033
20121730
20113556
20102950
20092234
20083660
20074063
20063665
20052337
20043151
20033863
20023969
20012745

Map of crashes at the DH3 1PZ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near DH3 1PZ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Birtley North & Lamesley, Gateshead, DH3 1PZ 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 DH3 1PZ 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
Birtley North & Lamesley
Council area
Gateshead
Nearest postcode to the centre
DH3 1PZ
Postcode district
DH3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.90859, -1.57843
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
12 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,119th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the DH3 1PZ hotspot

Most collisions at this hotspot were on the A1, with 319 of 526, followed by the A167 with 149.

Collisions at the DH3 1PZ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1319559119
2ndA167149198017
3rdB12966601
4thB12954800
5thA1(M)1200

Towns near the DH3 1PZ hotspot

181 of the 526 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Birtley.

All 526 crashes at the DH3 1PZ hotspot

Newest first, from 6 January 2001 to 12 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year