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NE70 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 482 road traffic collisions in the NE70 postcode district, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 904 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 27 were fatal and 125 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
482
2,431st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
904
1.88 per collision
Fatal collisions
27
35 people killed
Serious collisions
125
185 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
11 in 2024

Road collision statistics for NE70

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal275.6%
  • Serious12526%
  • Slight33068%

What the data shows

  • NE70 had 64 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 78 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 32% of collisions in NE70 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in NE70 are between 9am and noon, with 25% of collisions.
  • 104 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE70, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where NE70 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,431st
Most casualties
2,351st
Most fatal collisions
1,946th
Most serious collisions
2,399th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday71 (15%)
  • Tuesday61 (13%)
  • Wednesday61 (13%)
  • Thursday56 (12%)
  • Friday70 (15%)
  • Saturday91 (19%)
  • Sunday72 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight373 (77%)
  • Dark, no street lighting88 (18%)
  • Dark, street lights lit11 (2.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway476 (99%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.8%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph47 (9.8%)
  • 40 mph5 (1%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph420 (87%)
  • 70 mph5 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds379 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds44 (9.1%)
  • Fine with high winds18 (3.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist8 (1.7%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.8%)
  • Other15 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant698 (77%)
  • Van occupant47 (5.2%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (4.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)40 (4.4%)
  • Pedestrian25 (2.8%)
  • Minibus occupant24 (2.7%)
  • Cyclist11 (1.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant8 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE70 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE70, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE70 peaked at 20 in 1998; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025711
2024511
2023612
202269
202123
202037
2019816
20181015
2017915
201689
20151524
2014914
201344
2012913
2011614
2010717
2009611
2008918
2007814
200659
20051325
200477
20031113
20021924
2001715
20001430
19991332
19982045
19971632
19961222
19951540
199458
19931625
19921428
19911226
19901326
19891119
198833
19871631
19861428
19851331
19841522
19831126
19821539
19811629
19801019
1979913

Map of recent crashes in NE70

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE70

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE70

The 24 most recent collisions in NE70 happened between 31 January 2022 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE70

The A1 has the most collisions in NE70, 312 of 482 (65%), followed by the B1342 (44).

Collisions in NE70 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA13126442181
2ndB13424467212
3rdB1341193424
4thB6349192513
5thB6348111402

Council area for NE70

NE70 is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE70 accounts for 1.1% of them.