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High Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5RJ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
434
1,549th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
550
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
5
9 in 2024

Crash severity at the NE9 5RJ hotspot

70 of the 434 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.5%
  • Serious6816%
  • Slight36484%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
68
Slightly injured
480
All casualties
550

Accidents by year at the NE9 5RJ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 35 in 2001, against an average of 17 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE9 5RJ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202557
2024913
20231720
20221517
20211213
202066
20191719
20181520
201779
20161315
20152127
20141824
20131722
20121416
20111720
20101417
20091824
20081926
20071819
20062734
20053346
20041520
20032432
20022835
20013549

Map of crashes at the NE9 5RJ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE9 5RJ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the High Fell, Gateshead, NE9 5RJ 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 NE9 5RJ 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
High Fell
Council area
Gateshead
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE9 5RJ
Postcode district
NE9
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.93697, -1.59227
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
25 November 2025
Rank by collisions
1,549th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE9 5RJ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B1296, with 140 of 434, followed by the A167 with 108.

Collisions at the NE9 5RJ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1296140184123
2ndA167108136116

Towns near the NE9 5RJ hotspot

All 434 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Gateshead.

All 434 crashes at the NE9 5RJ hotspot

Newest first, from 6 January 2001 to 25 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year