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Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 276 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Monument ward, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 2001 to 2025, with 371 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 39 were serious.

In 2025 there were 11 collisions here, up from 9 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
276
2,900th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
371
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
11
9 in 2024

Crash severity at the NE2 4HH hotspot

40 of the 276 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.4%
  • Serious3914%
  • Slight23686%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
40
Slightly injured
330
All casualties
371

Accidents by year at the NE2 4HH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 21 in 2004, against an average of 11 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE2 4HH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251111
2024910
2023913
20221213
20211010
202066
2019919
201867
20171015
20161111
201589
20141315
2013912
20121617
20111319
20101317
20091012
20081321
20071217
20061123
2005711
20042132
2003815
20021722
20011214

Map of crashes at the NE2 4HH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE2 4HH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the NE2 4HH 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
Council area
Newcastle upon Tyne
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE2 4HH
Postcode district
NE2
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.98081, -1.62097
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
5 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,900th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE2 4HH hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A167, with 55 of 276, followed by the B1318 with 51.

Collisions at the NE2 4HH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA167559914
2ndB1318515406
3rdA189182102
4thB1600182102
5thB13075501
6thA167(M)1100
7thB1441200
8thB1671101
9thB63381100

Towns near the NE2 4HH hotspot

All 276 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Accident hotspots near NE2 4HH

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Monument, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 1EW area, 1.1 km away, with 3,265 collisions.

All 276 crashes at the NE2 4HH hotspot

Newest first, from 31 January 2001 to 5 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year