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NE49 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 540 road traffic collisions in the NE49 postcode district, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 880 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 24 were fatal and 144 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
540
2,399th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
880
1.63 per collision
Fatal collisions
24
27 people killed
Serious collisions
144
201 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for NE49

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal244.4%
  • Serious14427%
  • Slight37269%

What the data shows

  • NE49 had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 32% fewer than the 84 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 31% of collisions in NE49 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 125 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE49, 14% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 47% of collisions in NE49.

Where NE49 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,399th
Most casualties
2,358th
Most fatal collisions
2,033rd
Most serious collisions
2,361st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday65 (12%)
  • Tuesday79 (15%)
  • Wednesday73 (14%)
  • Thursday83 (15%)
  • Friday87 (16%)
  • Saturday75 (14%)
  • Sunday78 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight391 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting96 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit42 (7.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway532 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway6 (1.1%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph145 (27%)
  • 40 mph16 (3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph375 (69%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds411 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds73 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (2.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (2.4%)
  • Fine with high winds12 (2.2%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.6%)
  • Other9 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant558 (63%)
  • Pedestrian75 (8.5%)
  • Motorcyclist60 (6.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant51 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant47 (5.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)32 (3.6%)
  • Cyclist31 (3.5%)
  • Minibus occupant18 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE49 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE49, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE49 peaked at 31 in 1989; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
2024810
202323
202246
2021310
202022
201978
20181117
201768
20161228
201579
2014512
2013914
20121016
2011812
201069
2009820
20081315
2007712
20061118
20051322
20041821
20031628
2002819
20011134
20001418
19991018
1998913
19971928
19961724
19951724
19941524
19931623
19921214
19912026
19901725
19893145
19882132
19871214
19861532
19851649
19841113
19831126
19821019
1981916
19801521
19791620

Map of recent crashes in NE49

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE49

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE49

The 24 most recent collisions in NE49 happened between 25 October 2019 and 15 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE49

The A69 has the most collisions in NE49, 242 of 540 (45%), followed by the B6318 (51).

Collisions in NE49 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA692424671861
2ndB63185177114
3rdB6322162203

Council area for NE49

NE49 is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE49 accounts for 1.3% of them.

Town in NE49

Of the 540 collisions in NE49, 154 (29%) were in Haltwhistle.