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

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
88
8,850th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
119
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Crash severity at the NE6 1QS hotspot

17 of the 88 collisions here (19%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.1%
  • Serious1618%
  • Slight7181%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
19
Slightly injured
99
All casualties
119

Accidents by year at the NE6 1QS hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2006, against an average of 3.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

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

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202400
202333
202222
202123
202045
201900
201800
201767
201634
201522
201422
201356
201278
201178
201025
200934
200847
200757
2006914
200558
200434
200323
2002712
200111

Map of crashes at the NE6 1QS hotspot

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

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1QS 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 NE6 1QS 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 1QS
Postcode district
NE6
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.97156, -1.58301
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
22 of 25
Latest collision
24 December 2025
Rank by collisions
8,850th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE6 1QS hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A186, with 29 of 88, followed by the A193 with 11.

Collisions at the NE6 1QS hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA186294408
2ndA193111400
3rdB1312111402
4thB13143300
5thB13132200
6thB13111100

Towns near the NE6 1QS hotspot

86 of the 88 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

All 88 crashes at the NE6 1QS hotspot

Newest first, from 22 January 2001 to 24 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year