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NE43 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 853 road traffic collisions in the NE43 postcode district, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,301 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 25 were fatal and 175 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
853
2,261st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,301
1.53 per collision
Fatal collisions
25
34 people killed
Serious collisions
175
217 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for NE43

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal252.9%
  • Serious17521%
  • Slight65377%

What the data shows

  • NE43 had 77 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 57% fewer than the 179 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in NE43 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 105 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE43, 8.1% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 45% of collisions in NE43.

Where NE43 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,261st
Most casualties
2,227th
Most fatal collisions
1,994th
Most serious collisions
2,296th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday110 (13%)
  • Tuesday103 (12%)
  • Wednesday111 (13%)
  • Thursday123 (14%)
  • Friday149 (17%)
  • Saturday140 (16%)
  • Sunday117 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight634 (74%)
  • Dark, no street lighting139 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit69 (8.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway591 (69%)
  • Dual carriageway181 (21%)
  • Roundabout75 (8.8%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph187 (22%)
  • 40 mph12 (1.4%)
  • 50 mph10 (1.2%)
  • 60 mph435 (51%)
  • 70 mph209 (25%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds669 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds111 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds23 (2.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist6 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.6%)
  • Other16 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant951 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist110 (8.5%)
  • Pedestrian61 (4.7%)
  • Cyclist59 (4.5%)
  • Van occupant40 (3.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)32 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant21 (1.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Horse rider5 (0.4%)
  • Other4 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE43 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE43, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE43 peaked at 32 in 1981; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202525
2024710
202359
2022814
2021811
202078
2019910
20181113
2017911
20161120
20151525
20142333
20131016
20121322
20111624
20101723
20091725
20082234
20071728
20062939
20052126
20042537
20032939
20022336
20011520
20001216
19992335
19981523
19972233
19962436
19951630
19941216
19932131
19922141
19912332
19902038
19893059
19882742
19872333
19862946
19852643
19843144
19832950
19821519
19813245
19801831
19791520

Map of recent crashes in NE43

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE43

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE43

The 24 most recent collisions in NE43 happened between 15 November 2021 and 17 August 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE43

The A69 has the most collisions in NE43, 290 of 853 (34%), followed by the A695 (192).

Collisions in NE43 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA692904791158
2ndA695192254430
3rdA6876114314
4thB630972127417
5thB6530121503
6thB635051100

Council area for NE43

NE43 is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE43 accounts for 2% of them.

Town in NE43

Of the 853 collisions in NE43, 102 (12%) were in Stocksfield.