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Town, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1PB area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
872
475th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,106
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
15
Up 15% on 2024

Crash severity at the ST5 1PB hotspot

57 of the 872 collisions here (6.5%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal40.5%
  • Serious536.1%
  • Slight81593%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
58
Slightly injured
1,044
All casualties
1,106

Accidents by year at the ST5 1PB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 76 in 2001, against an average of 35 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the ST5 1PB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 15
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251516
20241317
202399
202279
202157
2020810
20191520
20181015
20173036
20162833
20153743
20143750
20133945
20123444
20114250
20103342
20093140
20083852
20074658
20066082
20056585
20046372
20036493
20026780
20017698

Map of crashes at the ST5 1PB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near ST5 1PB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Town, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1PB area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the ST5 1PB 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
Town
Nearest postcode to the centre
ST5 1PB
Postcode district
ST5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
53.01163, -2.22563
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
12 December 2025
Rank by collisions
475th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the ST5 1PB hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A34, with 235 of 872, followed by the A53 with 144.

Collisions at the ST5 1PB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA3423531807
2ndA5314418114
3rdA52120147012
4thA527739706
5thA525313801
6thB5367303603
7thA519182511
8thB5044101200
9thB50436700
10thB50454600
11thA3251200
12thA52501100
13thA811100

Towns near the ST5 1PB hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Newcastle-under-Lyme had the most collisions, 840 of 872.

All 872 crashes at the ST5 1PB hotspot

Newest first, from 8 January 2001 to 12 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year