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Amble road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 306 road traffic collisions in Amble, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 408 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 56 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, down from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
306
1,532nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
408
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
56
59 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Amble

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.6%
  • Serious5618%
  • Slight24580%

What the data shows

  • Amble had 43 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 27% fewer than the 59 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Amble were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 93 children under 16 were killed or injured in Amble, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Amble.

Where Amble ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,532nd
Most casualties
1,507th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,627th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday29 (9.5%)
  • Tuesday46 (15%)
  • Wednesday30 (9.8%)
  • Thursday49 (16%)
  • Friday45 (15%)
  • Saturday59 (19%)
  • Sunday48 (16%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight224 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit73 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway287 (94%)
  • Roundabout8 (2.6%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (2.3%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph6 (2%)
  • 30 mph283 (92%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph13 (4.2%)
  • 70 mph3 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds246 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds25 (8.2%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (3.3%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (2%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other12 (3.9%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant187 (46%)
  • Pedestrian103 (25%)
  • Cyclist62 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist37 (9.1%)
  • Van occupant8 (2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant3 (0.7%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Amble road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Amble, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Amble peaked at 13 in 2018; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202458
202322
202222
202144
202022
201922
20181317
201755
201646
201557
201433
201377
201233
201178
201033
20091111
200833
2007913
200688
2005711
20041219
20031217
200279
2001913
200057
19991222
19981120
199766
1996912
199577
19941322
199333
199278
199166
19901218
198945
1988917
19871313
198659
198534
198447
198325
198279
198168
198044
197999

Map of recent crashes in Amble

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Amble

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Amble

The 24 most recent collisions in Amble happened between 6 September 2018 and 18 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Amble

The A1068 has the most collisions in Amble, 87 of 306 (28%), followed by the B6345 (14).

Collisions in Amble on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA106887141121
2ndB6345141713

Council area for Amble

Amble is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Amble accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Amble

All 306 collisions in Amble were in the NE65 postcode district.