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Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 5PA area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 76 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Southwick ward, Sunderland, from 2001 to 2025, with 94 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 11 were serious.

In 2025 there were 6 collisions here, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
76
10,054th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
94
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
6
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the SR5 5PA hotspot

12 of the 76 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.3%
  • Serious1114%
  • Slight6484%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
11
Slightly injured
82
All casualties
94

Accidents by year at the SR5 5PA hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2002, against an average of 3.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the SR5 5PA hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202569
202422
202322
202222
202100
202035
201911
201844
201711
201647
201522
201434
201322
201200
201134
201045
200924
200844
200744
200611
200522
200445
200366
2002912
200156

Map of crashes at the SR5 5PA hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near SR5 5PA.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 5PA area accident hotspot

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the SR5 5PA 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 5PA
Postcode district
SR5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.92484, -1.41666
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
23 of 25
Latest collision
20 December 2025
Rank by collisions
10,054th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the SR5 5PA hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A1231, with 2 of 76, followed by the A1290 with 1.

Collisions at the SR5 5PA hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA12312200
2ndA12901100

Towns near the SR5 5PA hotspot

68 of the 76 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Sunderland.

Accident hotspots near SR5 5PA

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Southwick, Sunderland, SR5 2DR area, 0.9 km away, with 534 collisions.

All 76 crashes at the SR5 5PA hotspot

Newest first, from 7 March 2001 to 20 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year