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Whickham South & Sunniside, Gateshead, NE16 5RD area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 67 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Whickham South & Sunniside ward, Gateshead, from 2001 to 2025, with 98 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 10 were serious.

In 2025 there were 4 collisions here, up from none in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
67
11,149th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
98
1.46 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
4
0 in 2024

Crash severity at the NE16 5RD hotspot

11 of the 67 collisions here (16%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.5%
  • Serious1015%
  • Slight5684%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
14
Slightly injured
83
All casualties
98

Accidents by year at the NE16 5RD hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 11 in 2008, against an average of 2.7 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the NE16 5RD hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202400
202322
202222
202100
202000
201911
201811
201711
201623
201511
201422
201311
201211
201111
201033
2009610
20081112
200737
200636
200535
200449
2003713
200234
200159

Map of crashes at the NE16 5RD hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near NE16 5RD.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Whickham South & Sunniside, Gateshead, NE16 5RD area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the NE16 5RD 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
Whickham South & Sunniside
Council area
Gateshead
Nearest postcode to the centre
NE16 5RD
Postcode district
NE16
Centre (latitude, longitude)
54.93531, -1.69291
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
22 of 25
Latest collision
30 November 2025
Rank by collisions
11,149th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the NE16 5RD hotspot

52 of the 67 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Whickham.

Accident hotspots near NE16 5RD

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Whickham North & Swalwell, Gateshead, NE16 4LX area, 1.4 km away, with 213 collisions.

All 67 crashes at the NE16 5RD hotspot

Newest first, from 14 April 2001 to 30 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year