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NE63 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 3,623 road traffic collisions in the NE63 postcode district, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 4,817 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 60 were fatal and 538 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 37 collisions, down 16% on 2024 (44).

Collisions since 1979
3,623
1,024th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
4,817
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
60
63 people killed
Serious collisions
538
612 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
37
Down 16% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
46
Down 13% on 2024

Road collision statistics for NE63

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal601.7%
  • Serious53815%
  • Slight3,02583%

What the data shows

  • NE63 had 447 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 765 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in NE63 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 796 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE63, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in NE63.

Where NE63 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,024th
Most casualties
1,056th
Most fatal collisions
928th
Most serious collisions
1,383rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday498 (14%)
  • Tuesday531 (15%)
  • Wednesday541 (15%)
  • Thursday515 (14%)
  • Friday644 (18%)
  • Saturday554 (15%)
  • Sunday340 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight2,657 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit774 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting119 (3.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit43 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown30 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway3,092 (85%)
  • Roundabout288 (7.9%)
  • Dual carriageway196 (5.4%)
  • One way street or slip road38 (1%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph39 (1.1%)
  • 30 mph2,628 (73%)
  • 40 mph128 (3.5%)
  • 50 mph46 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph609 (17%)
  • 70 mph172 (4.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,898 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds408 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds101 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds56 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds38 (1%)
  • Fog or mist17 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds12 (0.3%)
  • Other74 (2%)
  • Not recorded19 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant2,646 (55%)
  • Pedestrian881 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist473 (9.8%)
  • Cyclist407 (8.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant255 (5.3%)
  • Van occupant76 (1.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant28 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant25 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant9 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE63 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE63, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE63 peaked at 107 in 1989; 2025 had 37.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 37
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253746
20244453
20234364
20223441
20213644
20204150
20194971
20185573
20174857
20166077
201567100
201482120
20136792
20127194
20116584
201086110
20097299
200882104
200787130
200686117
200594133
200495138
20036482
200288121
200194134
200099133
199980106
1998106141
199792137
1996105129
199585110
199493120
199388125
199272110
199184106
199093127
1989107153
198888100
1987102125
19867290
198587107
198483112
198382107
19828498
198198130
198079101
197997116

Map of recent crashes in NE63

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE63

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE63

The 24 most recent collisions in NE63 happened between 26 March and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE63

The A189 has the most collisions in NE63, 464 of 3,623 (13%), followed by the A197 (463).

Collisions in NE63 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1894647221654
2ndA1974636091059
3rdA196400526865
4thB1334347488545
5thA1068111171022

Council area for NE63

NE63 is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE63 accounts for 8.6% of them.

Town in NE63

Of the 3,623 collisions in NE63, 2,594 (72%) were in Ashington, Northumberland.