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NE62 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 892 road traffic collisions in the NE62 postcode district, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,223 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 164 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
892
2,246th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,223
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
24 people killed
Serious collisions
164
187 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for NE62

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal232.6%
  • Serious16418%
  • Slight70579%

What the data shows

  • NE62 had 82 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 171 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in NE62 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 210 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE62, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in NE62.

Where NE62 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,246th
Most casualties
2,244th
Most fatal collisions
2,062nd
Most serious collisions
2,316th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday117 (13%)
  • Tuesday149 (17%)
  • Wednesday120 (13%)
  • Thursday125 (14%)
  • Friday137 (15%)
  • Saturday149 (17%)
  • Sunday95 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight624 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit219 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting23 (2.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown12 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway841 (94%)
  • Roundabout43 (4.8%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (1%)
  • 30 mph756 (85%)
  • 40 mph48 (5.4%)
  • 60 mph79 (8.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds712 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds100 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds28 (3.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds11 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.3%)
  • Other22 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant667 (55%)
  • Pedestrian192 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist128 (10%)
  • Cyclist98 (8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant94 (7.7%)
  • Van occupant26 (2.1%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.3%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE62 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE62, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE62 peaked at 35 in 2004; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
202444
202378
202279
202167
20201313
2019813
201867
20171214
20161323
20151215
20141523
20132228
20121520
20112327
20101724
20091418
20081317
20072027
20062029
20052130
20043552
20032229
20022242
20012329
20002432
19992035
19981726
19972233
19961843
19952122
19942130
19932329
19922632
19912938
19902441
19892124
19883348
19871719
19862325
19852737
19842842
19832737
19822834
19811926
19802325
19792531

Map of recent crashes in NE62

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE62

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE62

The 24 most recent collisions in NE62 happened between 4 January 2022 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE62

The A196 has the most collisions in NE62, 292 of 892 (33%), followed by the A1068 (236).

Collisions in NE62 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA196292404859
2ndA1068236357943
3rdA1147102131412
4thB11473300

Council area for NE62

NE62 is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE62 accounts for 2.1% of them.

Towns in NE62

Collisions in NE62 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Stakeford (679) and Bedlington (12).