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Bridges, Gateshead, NE8 1PL area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,221
227th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,568
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Collisions in 2025
23
Down 21% on 2024

Crash severity at the NE8 1PL hotspot

113 of the 1,221 collisions here (9.3%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal70.6%
  • Serious1068.7%
  • Slight1,10891%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
7
Seriously injured
113
Slightly injured
1,448
All casualties
1,568

Accidents by year at the NE8 1PL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 83 in 2001, against an average of 49 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE8 1PL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 23
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252326
20242936
20232227
20223443
20212123
20201627
20193552
20183239
20172940
20163747
20155572
20145669
20135366
20125979
20115466
20106177
20095474
20084757
20076674
20067096
20056884
20047495
200375107
20026878
200183114

Map of crashes at the NE8 1PL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE8 1PL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Bridges, Gateshead, NE8 1PL area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the NE8 1PL 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
Bridges
Council area
Gateshead
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE8 1PL
Postcode district
NE8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.96017, -1.6063
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
23 December 2025
Rank by collisions
227th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE8 1PL hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A184, with 376 of 1,221, followed by the A167 with 199.

Collisions at the NE8 1PL hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA184376495123
2ndA167199280110
3rdB1426168236114
4thA189354235
5thB601242708
6thB1307131500
7thB1296121300

Towns near the NE8 1PL hotspot

965 of the 1,221 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Gateshead.

All 1,221 crashes at the NE8 1PL hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 23 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year