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NE44 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 184 road traffic collisions in the NE44 postcode district, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 294 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 51 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
184
2,580th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
294
1.60 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
51
69 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for NE44

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal63.3%
  • Serious5128%
  • Slight12769%

What the data shows

  • NE44 had 18 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 60% fewer than the 45 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in NE44 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in NE44 are between noon and 3pm, with 23% of collisions.
  • 28 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE44, 9.5% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where NE44 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,580th
Most casualties
2,575th
Most fatal collisions
2,516th
Most serious collisions
2,581st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday27 (15%)
  • Tuesday24 (13%)
  • Wednesday26 (14%)
  • Thursday28 (15%)
  • Friday16 (8.7%)
  • Saturday33 (18%)
  • Sunday30 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight145 (79%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (17%)
  • Dark, street lights lit7 (3.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway171 (93%)
  • Roundabout9 (4.9%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph36 (20%)
  • 40 mph5 (2.7%)
  • 60 mph142 (77%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds136 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (16%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (3.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other5 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (1.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant212 (72%)
  • Bus or coach occupant21 (7.1%)
  • Motorcyclist18 (6.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (4.4%)
  • Pedestrian11 (3.7%)
  • Cyclist9 (3.1%)
  • Van occupant7 (2.4%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE44 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE44, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE44 peaked at 9 in 2012; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202524
202422
202322
202224
202133
202012
201911
201823
201711
201622
201533
201411
2013511
2012910
201148
201046
200946
2008610
2007714
200622
200555
200447
200344
200247
200169
200056
199959
199845
199733
1996521
1995513
199469
1993712
1992717
199168
199056
198944
198800
198768
198669
198555
198412
198322
198238
198157
1980610
197923

Map of recent crashes in NE44

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE44

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE44

The 24 most recent collisions in NE44 happened between 14 November 2013 and 21 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE44

The A68 has the most collisions in NE44, 86 of 184 (47%), followed by the A695 (73).

Collisions in NE44 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6886150627
2ndA69573109019

Council area for NE44

NE44 is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE44 accounts for 0.4% of them.