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Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EW area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
3,265
15th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
4,088
1.25 per collision
Fatal collisions
12
12 people killed
Collisions in 2025
59
Up 4% on 2024

Crash severity at the NE1 1EW hotspot

449 of the 3,265 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal120.4%
  • Serious43713%
  • Slight2,81686%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
12
Seriously injured
448
Slightly injured
3,628
All casualties
4,088

Accidents by year at the NE1 1EW hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 202 in 2004, against an average of 131 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE1 1EW hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 59
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20255965
20245764
20238198
20227596
20216369
20204958
201990103
201893106
201789105
2016121156
2015125162
2014149180
2013137170
2012144169
2011163205
2010148191
2009164217
2008168213
2007160201
2006192234
2005188242
2004202282
2003198259
2002174222
2001176221

Map of crashes at the NE1 1EW hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE1 1EW.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EW area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the NE1 1EW 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
Monument
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE1 1EW
Postcode district
NE1
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.97183, -1.61351
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
31 December 2025
Rank by collisions
15th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE1 1EW hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A186, with 717 of 3,265, followed by the B1307 with 391.

Collisions at the NE1 1EW hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1867178341117
2ndB1307391461256
3rdA189258397032
4thA167(M)218326222
5thA167181284118
6thA193174237013
7thB1600127158115
8thB1309546107
9thB1311526705
10thA695405008
11thB1318172001
12thA10581100
13thA13071100
14thA1851100
15thA61251100
16thB13051100
17thB13061100
18thB1441100

Towns near the NE1 1EW hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Newcastle upon Tyne had the most collisions, 3,161 of 3,265.

All 3,265 crashes at the NE1 1EW hotspot

Newest first, from 13 January 2001 to 31 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity