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Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 2DR area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
534
1,089th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
710
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
10
Down 23% on 2024

Crash severity at the SR5 2DR hotspot

63 of the 534 collisions here (12%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal10.2%
  • Serious6212%
  • Slight47188%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
63
Slightly injured
646
All casualties
710

Accidents by year at the SR5 2DR hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 39 in 2003, against an average of 21 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SR5 2DR hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251012
20241314
20231013
20221118
2021810
20201314
20191416
20181719
20171212
20161621
20151621
20141728
20131821
20121924
20113136
20102941
20092331
20083051
20073848
20062938
20053847
20042433
20033956
20023148
20012838

Map of crashes at the SR5 2DR hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SR5 2DR.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 2DR 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 SR5 2DR 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
Southwick
Council area
Sunderland
Nearest postcode to the centre
SR5 2DR
Postcode district
SR5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.92066, -1.40458
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
12 November 2025
Rank by collisions
1,089th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SR5 2DR hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A1231, with 97 of 534, followed by the B1291 with 76.

Collisions at the SR5 2DR hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA123197145013
2ndB12917610004
3rdA1290243404
4thB12941100

Towns near the SR5 2DR hotspot

462 of the 534 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Sunderland.

All 534 crashes at the SR5 2DR hotspot

Newest first, from 21 January 2001 to 12 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year