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Fawdon & West Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 2SR area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
289
2,742nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
429
1.48 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
9
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the NE3 2SR hotspot

35 of the 289 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.3%
  • Serious3412%
  • Slight25488%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
35
Slightly injured
393
All casualties
429

Accidents by year at the NE3 2SR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 18 in 2003, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE3 2SR hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 9
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025911
202456
2023610
202233
202167
202067
20191216
20181721
2017914
201655
20151732
20141212
20131323
2012616
20111121
20101520
20091625
20081626
20071522
20061521
20051723
20041525
20031824
20021010
20011529

Map of crashes at the NE3 2SR hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE3 2SR.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Fawdon & West Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 2SR area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the NE3 2SR 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
Fawdon & West Gosforth
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE3 2SR
Postcode district
NE3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.01768, -1.65168
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
27 November 2025
Rank by collisions
2,742nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE3 2SR hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A1, with 118 of 289, followed by the A1(M) with 1.

Collisions at the NE3 2SR hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA111820709
2ndA1(M)1100

Towns near the NE3 2SR hotspot

134 of the 289 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

All 289 crashes at the NE3 2SR hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 27 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year