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NE4 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,356 road traffic collisions in the NE4 postcode district, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1979 to 2025, and 6,984 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 70 were fatal and 891 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 52 collisions, down 46% on 2024 (97).

Collisions since 1979
5,356
472nd highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
6,984
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
70
71 people killed
Serious collisions
891
955 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
52
Down 46% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
59
Down 54% on 2024

Road collision statistics for NE4

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal701.3%
  • Serious89117%
  • Slight4,39582%

What the data shows

  • NE4 had 701 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 1,053 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in NE4 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,339 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE4, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in NE4.

Where NE4 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
472nd
Most casualties
483rd
Most fatal collisions
685th
Most serious collisions
556th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday770 (14%)
  • Tuesday804 (15%)
  • Wednesday776 (14%)
  • Thursday858 (16%)
  • Friday872 (16%)
  • Saturday737 (14%)
  • Sunday539 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,748 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,516 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown40 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit34 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting18 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway4,406 (82%)
  • Dual carriageway506 (9.4%)
  • Roundabout362 (6.8%)
  • One way street or slip road69 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded13 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph136 (2.5%)
  • 30 mph4,781 (89%)
  • 40 mph145 (2.7%)
  • 50 mph176 (3.3%)
  • 60 mph29 (0.5%)
  • 70 mph88 (1.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,342 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds618 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds126 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds47 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds38 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist23 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (0.1%)
  • Other115 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded39 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,449 (49%)
  • Pedestrian1,955 (28%)
  • Cyclist473 (6.8%)
  • Motorcyclist413 (5.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant391 (5.6%)
  • Van occupant129 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant92 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant30 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)22 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant16 (0.2%)
  • Other8 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE4 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE4, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE4 peaked at 163 in 1979; 2025 had 52.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 52
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20255259
202497127
20237182
20225673
20216378
20204968
20196281
20188294
20177493
201695138
2015106136
2014122151
201376108
201289131
20117396
2010109155
2009107146
2008113148
2007134184
2006124175
2005125164
2004121164
2003122178
2002130170
2001137208
2000107154
1999123159
1998119161
1997114143
1996130172
1995135163
1994118150
1993105131
1992161213
1991156200
1990162205
1989152198
1988132180
1987138184
1986117144
1985140161
1984128147
1983126165
1982153201
1981146179
1980142170
1979163197

Map of recent crashes in NE4

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE4

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE4

The 24 most recent collisions in NE4 happened between 21 June and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE4

The A186 has the most collisions in NE4, 703 of 5,356 (13%), followed by the A695 (424).

Collisions in NE4 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA186703884975
2ndA695424592155
3rdA6115353442273
4thA189351530444
5thB1311259319243
6thB1305231324117
7thB6328206250844
8thA167106166411
9thA608298126219
10thB160085113218
11thB63266680115
12thB65345670011
13thB6327426609
14thB6331384419
15thA6127223845
16thA6966801

Council area for NE4

NE4 is in Newcastle upon Tyne, where police recorded 41,251 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE4 accounts for 13% of them.

Town in NE4

Of the 5,356 collisions in NE4, 5,294 (99%) were in Newcastle upon Tyne.