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Ashington (Northumberland) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,595 road traffic collisions in Ashington, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 3,283 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 34 were fatal and 397 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 25 collisions, down 11% on 2024 (28).

Collisions since 1979
2,595
379th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
3,283
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
34
34 people killed
Serious collisions
397
429 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
25
Down 11% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
27
Down 23% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Ashington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal341.3%
  • Serious39715%
  • Slight2,16483%

What the data shows

  • Ashington had 305 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 40% fewer than the 510 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Ashington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 677 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ashington, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Ashington.

Where Ashington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
379th
Most casualties
373rd
Most fatal collisions
305th
Most serious collisions
417th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday366 (14%)
  • Tuesday374 (14%)
  • Wednesday375 (14%)
  • Thursday370 (14%)
  • Friday478 (18%)
  • Saturday401 (15%)
  • Sunday231 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,897 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit629 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit33 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown23 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting13 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway2,408 (93%)
  • Roundabout122 (4.7%)
  • One way street or slip road38 (1.5%)
  • Dual carriageway19 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph38 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph2,413 (93%)
  • 40 mph48 (1.8%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph84 (3.2%)
  • 70 mph6 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds2,105 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds277 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds70 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds36 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds26 (1%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds8 (0.3%)
  • Other50 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded15 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,464 (45%)
  • Pedestrian827 (25%)
  • Motorcyclist355 (11%)
  • Cyclist338 (10%)
  • Bus or coach occupant221 (6.7%)
  • Van occupant30 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant21 (0.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.1%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ashington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ashington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ashington peaked at 84 in 1987; 2025 had 25.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 25
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252527
20242835
20233042
20222733
20211921
20202936
20192839
20184252
20173642
20164152
20153654
20145372
20134760
20124553
20114149
20105566
20095372
20085974
20076090
20066179
20056283
20046790
20034452
20025774
20016486
20006476
19995873
19987495
19977094
19967995
19956277
19946783
19936487
19925372
19916381
19907191
19897696
19887082
19878499
19865869
19857083
19846577
19835971
19826777
198178109
19806480
19797083

Map of recent crashes in Ashington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ashington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ashington

The 24 most recent collisions in Ashington happened between 28 January and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ashington

The A196 has the most collisions in Ashington, 340 of 2,595 (13%), followed by the A197 (272).

Collisions in Ashington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA196340434553
2ndA197272351627
3rdB1334226310435
4thA1068182304
5thA189142702

Council area for Ashington

Ashington is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ashington accounts for 6.1% of them.

Postcode district for Ashington

Of the 2,595 collisions in Ashington, 2,594 (100%) were in the NE63 postcode district.