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Backworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 208 road traffic collisions in Backworth, North Tyneside, from 1979 to 2025, and 252 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 48 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
208
1,907th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
252
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
48
50 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Backworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.5%
  • Serious4823%
  • Slight15976%

What the data shows

  • Backworth had 27 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% fewer than the 39 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 24% of collisions in Backworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 60 children under 16 were killed or injured in Backworth, 24% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Backworth.

Where Backworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,907th
Most casualties
1,988th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
1,780th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday30 (14%)
  • Tuesday36 (17%)
  • Wednesday34 (16%)
  • Thursday31 (15%)
  • Friday32 (15%)
  • Saturday21 (10%)
  • Sunday24 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight153 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (23%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (2.4%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway145 (70%)
  • Roundabout61 (29%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (2.4%)
  • 30 mph186 (89%)
  • 40 mph9 (4.3%)
  • 60 mph7 (3.4%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds168 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds24 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Other3 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant111 (44%)
  • Pedestrian57 (23%)
  • Cyclist40 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (11%)
  • Van occupant7 (2.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (1.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Backworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Backworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Backworth peaked at 11 in 1998; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202323
202244
202133
202022
201933
201811
201767
201633
201536
201445
201334
201245
201155
201033
200922
200847
200756
200668
20051011
200477
200355
200211
200122
200045
199933
19981120
199733
199689
1995711
199423
199346
199256
199156
199078
1989811
198856
198755
198633
198522
198478
198389
198233
198111
198077
1979911

Map of recent crashes in Backworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Backworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Backworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Backworth happened between 1 January 2017 and 30 July 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Backworth

The B1322 has the most collisions in Backworth, 115 of 208 (55%), followed by the A186 (40).

Collisions in Backworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1322115148128
2ndA186404506

Council area for Backworth

Backworth is in North Tyneside, where police recorded 22,283 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Backworth accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Backworth

All 208 collisions in Backworth were in the NE27 postcode district.