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Washington Central, Sunderland, NE37 1NB area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
476
1,329th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
657
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Collisions in 2025
13
Up 30% on 2024

Crash severity at the NE37 1NB hotspot

45 of the 476 collisions here (9.5%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal30.6%
  • Serious428.8%
  • Slight43191%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
3
Seriously injured
44
Slightly injured
610
All casualties
657

Accidents by year at the NE37 1NB hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 35 in 2003, against an average of 19 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE37 1NB hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251323
20241014
2023910
202289
2021810
2020710
201968
201879
20171415
20163238
20151722
20142032
20131520
20121419
20112335
20102130
20092836
20082535
20072128
20062634
20053043
20043448
20033552
20022740
20012637

Map of crashes at the NE37 1NB hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE37 1NB.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Washington Central, Sunderland, NE37 1NB 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 NE37 1NB 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
Washington Central
Council area
Sunderland
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE37 1NB
Postcode district
NE37
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.90154, -1.53522
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
29 November 2025
Rank by collisions
1,329th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the NE37 1NB hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A1231, with 216 of 476, followed by the A182 with 66.

Collisions at the NE37 1NB hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1231216300214
2ndA182669417

Towns near the NE37 1NB hotspot

244 of the 476 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Washington.

All 476 crashes at the NE37 1NB hotspot

Newest first, from 8 January 2001 to 29 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year