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NE71 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 416 road traffic collisions in the NE71 postcode district, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 618 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 17 were fatal and 105 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
416
2,461st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
618
1.49 per collision
Fatal collisions
17
18 people killed
Serious collisions
105
136 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for NE71

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal174.1%
  • Serious10525%
  • Slight29471%

What the data shows

  • NE71 had 41 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 71 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 29% of collisions in NE71 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in NE71 are between noon and 3pm, with 21% of collisions.
  • 69 children under 16 were killed or injured in NE71, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where NE71 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
2,461st
Most casualties
2,452nd
Most fatal collisions
2,230th
Most serious collisions
2,448th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (12%)
  • Tuesday47 (11%)
  • Wednesday57 (14%)
  • Thursday42 (10%)
  • Friday63 (15%)
  • Saturday87 (21%)
  • Sunday72 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight299 (72%)
  • Dark, no street lighting77 (19%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (5.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (2.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit7 (1.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway415 (100%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 30 mph111 (27%)
  • 40 mph6 (1.4%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph296 (71%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds311 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds48 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds17 (4.1%)
  • Raining with high winds9 (2.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other11 (2.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant424 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist68 (11%)
  • Pedestrian48 (7.8%)
  • Van occupant31 (5%)
  • Cyclist16 (2.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)12 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant8 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (1.1%)
  • Minibus occupant4 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

NE71 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in NE71, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in NE71 peaked at 20 in 1979; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202447
202357
202255
202135
202036
201957
201867
201734
201656
201568
201479
201359
201256
2011912
2010912
2009918
200889
200755
2006810
200559
20041517
2003611
200289
2001810
200066
19991214
19981220
19971121
1996611
1995812
19941121
19931522
1992715
19911825
19901723
19891122
1988915
19871115
1986714
19851623
198456
19831825
19821521
19811417
19801319
19792041

Map of recent crashes in NE71

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in NE71

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in NE71

The 24 most recent collisions in NE71 happened between 21 July 2019 and 11 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in NE71

The A697 has the most collisions in NE71, 230 of 416 (55%), followed by the B6348 (35).

Collisions in NE71 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6972303691659
2ndB63483549012
3rdB6525294308
4thB63527704
5thB63493401

Council area for NE71

NE71 is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. NE71 accounts for 1% of them.

Town in NE71

Of the 416 collisions in NE71, 106 (25%) were in Wooler.