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Berwick-upon-Tweed road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 905 road traffic collisions in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,086 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 154 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 10 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
905
812th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,086
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
12 people killed
Serious collisions
154
163 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
10
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Berwick-upon-Tweed

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.2%
  • Serious15417%
  • Slight74082%

What the data shows

  • Berwick-upon-Tweed had 82 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 150 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Berwick-upon-Tweed were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • The busiest three hours of the day in Berwick-upon-Tweed are between noon and 3pm, with 24% of collisions.
  • 208 children under 16 were killed or injured in Berwick-upon-Tweed, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.

Where Berwick-upon-Tweed ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
812th
Most casualties
842nd
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
841st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday120 (13%)
  • Tuesday110 (12%)
  • Wednesday136 (15%)
  • Thursday141 (16%)
  • Friday153 (17%)
  • Saturday153 (17%)
  • Sunday92 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight672 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit217 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway835 (92%)
  • Roundabout59 (6.5%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (0.6%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph841 (93%)
  • 40 mph3 (0.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph50 (5.5%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds697 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds117 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds32 (3.5%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (1.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Other25 (2.8%)
  • Not recorded9 (1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant449 (41%)
  • Pedestrian326 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist154 (14%)
  • Cyclist95 (8.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant22 (2%)
  • Van occupant20 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Berwick-upon-Tweed road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Berwick-upon-Tweed peaked at 43 in 1988; 2025 had 10.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 10
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251011
202456
202378
202222
20211317
202067
201947
20181111
20171111
20161313
2015813
20141216
20131520
20121720
20111013
20101313
20091215
20082022
20071620
20062734
20052324
20042940
20031719
20021421
20011420
20001717
19991924
19983135
19972332
19962224
19952528
19942128
19931719
19922324
19913238
19902834
19892225
19884357
19873136
19862734
19853543
19843031
19832527
19822427
19812938
19802427
19792835

Map of recent crashes in Berwick-upon-Tweed

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Berwick-upon-Tweed

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Berwick-upon-Tweed

The 24 most recent collisions in Berwick-upon-Tweed happened between 3 July 2022 and 5 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Berwick-upon-Tweed

The A1167 has the most collisions in Berwick-upon-Tweed, 301 of 905 (33%), followed by the A1 (70).

Collisions in Berwick-upon-Tweed on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA1167301373453
2ndA17087212
3rdA698546827
4thB6354293505
5thA61057903
6thA6893301

Council area for Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Berwick-upon-Tweed accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode district for Berwick-upon-Tweed

All 905 collisions in Berwick-upon-Tweed were in the TD15 postcode district.