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Alnwick road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 537 road traffic collisions in Alnwick, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 688 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 90 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
537
1,109th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
688
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
5 people killed
Serious collisions
90
98 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Alnwick

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.7%
  • Serious9017%
  • Slight44382%

What the data shows

  • Alnwick had 71 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 33% fewer than the 106 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Alnwick were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 127 children under 16 were killed or injured in Alnwick, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Alnwick.

Where Alnwick ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,109th
Most casualties
1,113th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,216th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday74 (14%)
  • Tuesday66 (12%)
  • Wednesday86 (16%)
  • Thursday70 (13%)
  • Friday94 (18%)
  • Saturday86 (16%)
  • Sunday61 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight411 (77%)
  • Dark, street lights lit113 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway512 (95%)
  • Roundabout13 (2.4%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph10 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph490 (91%)
  • 40 mph12 (2.2%)
  • 60 mph22 (4.1%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds431 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds59 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (3.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Other11 (2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant329 (48%)
  • Pedestrian226 (33%)
  • Cyclist52 (7.6%)
  • Motorcyclist41 (6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant16 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant10 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Alnwick road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Alnwick, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Alnwick peaked at 20 in 1998; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
202466
202377
2022910
202148
202089
201956
201899
2017810
201679
201569
20141011
2013911
20121220
2011922
20101417
20091011
20081112
20071011
20061517
20051319
20041821
20031619
20021320
2001910
2000911
19991418
19982036
19971619
19961515
19951113
19941013
199388
19921420
19911416
19902029
19891414
19881112
198788
19861620
19851725
19841011
19831721
1982914
19811621
19801419
1979813

Map of recent crashes in Alnwick

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Alnwick

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Alnwick

The 24 most recent collisions in Alnwick happened between 28 October 2022 and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Alnwick

The B6341 has the most collisions in Alnwick, 128 of 537 (24%), followed by the B6346 (87).

Collisions in Alnwick on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6341128156018
2ndB634687106117
3rdA106881113012
4thB134091301
5thA161511

Council area for Alnwick

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

Postcode district for Alnwick

All 537 collisions in Alnwick were in the NE66 postcode district.