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Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1DP area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
773
579th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
949
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
6 people killed
Collisions in 2025
28
Up 65% on 2024

Crash severity at the NE6 1DP hotspot

129 of the 773 collisions here (17%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal50.6%
  • Serious12416%
  • Slight64483%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
6
Seriously injured
128
Slightly injured
815
All casualties
949

Accidents by year at the NE6 1DP hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 44 in 2002, against an average of 31 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE6 1DP hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252830
20241720
20232426
20222731
20212427
20201921
20193536
20183139
20172121
20163033
20153853
20142839
20132328
20123544
20113340
20103342
20093847
20083440
20074051
20063140
20053848
20042932
20033348
20024456
20014057

Map of crashes at the NE6 1DP hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE6 1DP.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1DP area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the NE6 1DP 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
Byker
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE6 1DP
Postcode district
NE6
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.97754, -1.5788
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
25 November 2025
Rank by collisions
579th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE6 1DP hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B1312, with 166 of 773, followed by the A193 with 165.

Collisions at the NE6 1DP hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1312166203120
2ndA193165202127
3rdA187617805
4thA1884250110
5thB1314405607
6thB1313212502
7thB13184402
8thB13113400
9thA1911200
10thB12121101

Towns near the NE6 1DP hotspot

750 of the 773 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

All 773 crashes at the NE6 1DP hotspot

Newest first, from 1 January 2001 to 25 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year