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Boldon Colliery road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 440 road traffic collisions in Boldon Colliery, South Tyneside, from 1979 to 2025, and 563 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 65 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
440
1,249th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
563
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
65
67 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Boldon Colliery

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.1%
  • Serious6515%
  • Slight37084%

What the data shows

  • Boldon Colliery had 57 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 80 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Boldon Colliery were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 127 children under 16 were killed or injured in Boldon Colliery, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Boldon Colliery.

Where Boldon Colliery ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,249th
Most casualties
1,247th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,497th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday64 (15%)
  • Tuesday60 (14%)
  • Wednesday65 (15%)
  • Thursday66 (15%)
  • Friday66 (15%)
  • Saturday80 (18%)
  • Sunday39 (8.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight321 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit107 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway400 (91%)
  • Roundabout21 (4.8%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (2.5%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1.4%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph11 (2.5%)
  • 30 mph393 (89%)
  • 40 mph22 (5%)
  • 50 mph3 (0.7%)
  • 60 mph3 (0.7%)
  • 70 mph8 (1.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds371 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds36 (8.2%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (3%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other9 (2%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant284 (50%)
  • Pedestrian129 (23%)
  • Cyclist58 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist49 (8.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant16 (2.8%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Boldon Colliery road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Boldon Colliery, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Boldon Colliery peaked at 22 in 1991; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202444
202322
202256
202166
2020810
2019710
201844
2017913
20161015
2015810
2014711
201344
201256
2011810
20101011
20091011
20081014
20071015
200689
200579
20041214
20031020
20021820
20012029
20001315
19991115
19981924
19971116
19961217
199544
19941212
19931011
19921111
19912232
199088
1989515
198889
198799
19861114
19851012
198455
19831117
19821318
198199
19801215
19791010

Map of recent crashes in Boldon Colliery

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Boldon Colliery

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Boldon Colliery

The 24 most recent collisions in Boldon Colliery happened between 1 June 2020 and 16 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Boldon Colliery

The B1298 has the most collisions in Boldon Colliery, 148 of 440 (34%), followed by the A184 (22).

Collisions in Boldon Colliery on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1298148192019
2ndA184223802
3rdA196701

Council area for Boldon Colliery

Boldon Colliery is in South Tyneside, where police recorded 15,915 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Boldon Colliery accounts for 2.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Boldon Colliery

Collisions in Boldon Colliery were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by NE35 (418) and NE36 (22).