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Chopwell road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 105 road traffic collisions in Chopwell, Gateshead, from 1979 to 2025, and 135 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 24 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
105
2,760th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
135
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
24
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Chopwell

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal43.8%
  • Serious2423%
  • Slight7773%

What the data shows

  • Chopwell had 12 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 29% fewer than the 17 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Chopwell were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 40 children under 16 were killed or injured in Chopwell, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 40% of collisions in Chopwell.

Where Chopwell ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,760th
Most casualties
2,778th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,570th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday14 (13%)
  • Tuesday12 (11%)
  • Wednesday16 (15%)
  • Thursday13 (12%)
  • Friday19 (18%)
  • Saturday21 (20%)
  • Sunday10 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight73 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit28 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway102 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (1.9%)
  • 30 mph99 (94%)
  • 60 mph3 (2.9%)
  • 70 mph1 (1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds88 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds5 (4.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (1%)
  • Fog or mist1 (1%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (1%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (1%)
  • Other2 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (3.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant59 (44%)
  • Pedestrian40 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist14 (10%)
  • Cyclist11 (8.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (5.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Chopwell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Chopwell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Chopwell peaked at 9 in 1981; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202411
202300
202211
202123
202000
201900
201833
201711
201633
201533
201400
201300
201211
201111
201036
200922
200823
200723
200633
200522
200423
200325
200225
200137
200066
199945
199811
199700
199644
199533
199400
199311
199224
199144
199047
198923
198833
198733
198611
198522
198422
198322
198245
198199
198049
197944

Map of recent crashes in Chopwell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Chopwell

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Chopwell

The 24 most recent collisions in Chopwell happened between 22 January 2008 and 17 October 2025.

Severity

Council area for Chopwell

Chopwell is in Gateshead, where police recorded 27,899 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Chopwell accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Chopwell

All 105 collisions in Chopwell were in the NE17 postcode district.