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NE18 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 197 road traffic collisions in the NE18 postcode district, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 299 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 56 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
197
2,569th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
299
1.52 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
8 people killed
Serious collisions
56
64 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for NE18

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal63%
  • Serious5628%
  • Slight13569%

What the data shows

  • NE18 had 25 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 31 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in NE18 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 26 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE18, 8.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in NE18.

Where NE18 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,569th
Most casualties
2,572nd
Most fatal collisions
2,516th
Most serious collisions
2,566th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday18 (9.1%)
  • Tuesday16 (8.1%)
  • Wednesday28 (14%)
  • Thursday29 (15%)
  • Friday33 (17%)
  • Saturday28 (14%)
  • Sunday45 (23%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight150 (76%)
  • Dark, no street lighting37 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit4 (2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway194 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph13 (6.6%)
  • 40 mph2 (1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph179 (91%)
  • 70 mph2 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds151 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds26 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (5.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other3 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant206 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist35 (12%)
  • Cyclist27 (9%)
  • Van occupant13 (4.3%)
  • Pedestrian5 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.7%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE18 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE18, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE18 peaked at 9 in 1989; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202434
202311
202248
202111
202033
201959
201811
201711
201655
201544
201400
201333
201222
201144
201033
200935
200836
200755
200648
2005610
200467
200357
200247
2001810
2000610
199958
1998715
1997715
199655
199556
199411
199348
199236
1991710
199023
1989914
198878
198746
1986714
198556
198446
198356
198212
198145
1980616
1979814

Map of recent crashes in NE18

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE18

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE18

The 24 most recent collisions in NE18 happened between 18 July 2016 and 25 March 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE18

The B6318 has the most collisions in NE18, 43 of 197 (22%), followed by the B6309 (38).

Collisions in NE18 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6318437049
2ndB63093867111

Council area for NE18

NE18 is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE18 accounts for 0.5% of them.