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NE48 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 991 road traffic collisions in the NE48 postcode district, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,555 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 39 were fatal and 289 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
991
2,209th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,555
1.57 per collision
Fatal collisions
39
41 people killed
Serious collisions
289
389 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
13 in 2024

Road collision statistics for NE48

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal393.9%
  • Serious28929%
  • Slight66367%

What the data shows

  • NE48 had 114 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 214 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 33% of collisions in NE48 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 104 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE48, 6.7% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 49% of collisions in NE48.

Where NE48 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,209th
Most casualties
2,152nd
Most fatal collisions
1,538th
Most serious collisions
2,034th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday121 (12%)
  • Tuesday121 (12%)
  • Wednesday101 (10%)
  • Thursday111 (11%)
  • Friday150 (15%)
  • Saturday182 (18%)
  • Sunday205 (21%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight766 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting176 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit16 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway986 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.3%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph77 (7.8%)
  • 40 mph6 (0.6%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph903 (91%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds734 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds129 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds40 (4%)
  • Fog or mist19 (1.9%)
  • Raining with high winds19 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds18 (1.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds11 (1.1%)
  • Other11 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded10 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,120 (72%)
  • Motorcyclist216 (14%)
  • Van occupant72 (4.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)36 (2.3%)
  • Pedestrian35 (2.3%)
  • Cyclist32 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE48 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE48, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE48 peaked at 35 in 1988; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251014
20241013
20231118
20221218
2021813
20201217
20191214
20181424
20171014
20161523
20151326
20142241
20132233
20121616
20112329
20101921
20092233
20083142
20072430
20062226
20052326
20043247
20032738
20022642
20012033
20002028
19993041
19982442
19972640
19962549
19952446
19941939
19932035
19922438
19911934
19902138
19892239
19883563
19872640
19863157
19852739
19841620
19831829
19823467
19812645
19802739
19792136

Map of recent crashes in NE48

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE48

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE48

The 24 most recent collisions in NE48 happened between 23 July 2023 and 15 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE48

The A68 has the most collisions in NE48, 317 of 991 (32%), followed by the B6320 (250).

Collisions in NE48 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA683175182090
2ndB6320250368476
3rdA6079193206

Council area for NE48

NE48 is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE48 accounts for 2.3% of them.