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Blaydon road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,485 road traffic collisions in Blaydon, Gateshead, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,030 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 228 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 14 collisions, down from 19 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,485
571st highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,030
1.37 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
228
247 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
14
19 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
17
Down 26% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Blaydon

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal80.5%
  • Serious22815%
  • Slight1,24984%

What the data shows

  • Blaydon had 186 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 47% fewer than the 348 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Blaydon were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 379 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blaydon, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Blaydon.

Where Blaydon ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
571st
Most casualties
529th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
644th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday190 (13%)
  • Tuesday212 (14%)
  • Wednesday194 (13%)
  • Thursday223 (15%)
  • Friday262 (18%)
  • Saturday229 (15%)
  • Sunday175 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,080 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit372 (25%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown13 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,145 (77%)
  • Dual carriageway180 (12%)
  • Roundabout119 (8%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph20 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph1,249 (84%)
  • 40 mph37 (2.5%)
  • 50 mph40 (2.7%)
  • 60 mph49 (3.3%)
  • 70 mph90 (6.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,170 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds211 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds38 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds13 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other21 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded9 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,213 (60%)
  • Pedestrian421 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist115 (5.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant108 (5.3%)
  • Cyclist99 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant43 (2.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant7 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blaydon road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blaydon, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blaydon peaked at 51 in 2000; 2025 had 14.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 14
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251417
20241923
20231617
20221726
20212026
20201520
20192227
20181621
20172124
20162639
20152638
20143045
20133042
20122838
20113848
20103449
20093958
20084459
20073447
20064569
20053845
20044360
20033651
20024664
20014579
20005177
19993860
19984760
19974261
19964563
19953547
19944158
19933352
19923757
19912126
19902331
19893441
19883644
19873244
19862532
19852531
19843240
19833538
19823441
19812430
19803035
19792330

Map of recent crashes in Blaydon

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blaydon

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blaydon

The 24 most recent collisions in Blaydon happened between 14 September 2024 and 30 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blaydon

The B6317 has the most collisions in Blaydon, 172 of 1,485 (12%), followed by the A695 (148).

Collisions in Blaydon on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6317172233324
2ndA695148221026
3rdA69490122011
4thA1114284401
5thA1275002
6thA6981504

Council area for Blaydon

Blaydon is in Gateshead, where police recorded 27,899 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blaydon accounts for 5.3% of them.

Postcode districts in Blaydon

Collisions in Blaydon were recorded in 4 postcode districts, led by NE21 (1,120) and NE11 (304).