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Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3YB area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
620
841st busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
861
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
16
Up 60% on 2024

Crash severity at the NE3 3YB hotspot

49 of the 620 collisions here (7.9%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.3%
  • Serious477.6%
  • Slight57192%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
48
Slightly injured
811
All casualties
861

Accidents by year at the NE3 3YB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 49 in 2003, against an average of 25 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE3 3YB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251616
20241010
20231114
20221720
20212023
20201012
20191216
20181528
20172023
20161516
20152427
20141823
20132430
20121928
20111926
20102633
20092741
20083548
20074156
20063350
20054665
20043965
20034992
20024056
20013443

Map of crashes at the NE3 3YB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE3 3YB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Kenton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 3YB 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 NE3 3YB 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
Kenton
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE3 3YB
Postcode district
NE3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
55.00354, -1.6659
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
27 December 2025
Rank by collisions
841st of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE3 3YB hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A167, with 168 of 620, followed by the A1 with 125.

Collisions at the NE3 3YB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA16716820626
2ndA112522205
3rdA191115143011
4thA696579005
5thB6918213300

Towns near the NE3 3YB hotspot

382 of the 620 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

All 620 crashes at the NE3 3YB hotspot

Newest first, from 2 January 2001 to 27 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year