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Cramlington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,055 road traffic collisions in Cramlington, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,289 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 156 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, down from 11 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,055
722nd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,289
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
7 people killed
Serious collisions
156
172 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
11 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
17 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Cramlington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal70.7%
  • Serious15615%
  • Slight89285%

What the data shows

  • Cramlington had 128 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 43% fewer than the 226 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Cramlington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 261 children under 16 were killed or injured in Cramlington, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Cramlington.

Where Cramlington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
722nd
Most casualties
743rd
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
836th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday157 (15%)
  • Tuesday158 (15%)
  • Wednesday133 (13%)
  • Thursday165 (16%)
  • Friday191 (18%)
  • Saturday163 (15%)
  • Sunday88 (8.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight755 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit263 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit15 (1.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown10 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway922 (87%)
  • Roundabout70 (6.6%)
  • Dual carriageway49 (4.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded11 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph37 (3.5%)
  • 30 mph914 (87%)
  • 40 mph42 (4%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.6%)
  • 60 mph26 (2.5%)
  • 70 mph30 (2.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds843 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds112 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds32 (3%)
  • Raining with high winds14 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist8 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds5 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.4%)
  • Other33 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant575 (45%)
  • Pedestrian284 (22%)
  • Cyclist134 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist125 (9.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant120 (9.3%)
  • Van occupant29 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant9 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)
  • Other2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Cramlington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Cramlington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Cramlington peaked at 39 in 1998; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202588
20241117
20231820
20221824
202189
20201113
20191623
20181215
20171316
20161316
20152937
20142127
20131718
20122030
20112425
20101113
20093541
20083443
20072433
20061113
20053242
20042933
20032024
20023237
20012740
20002833
19991922
19983949
19972427
19963244
19952034
19941820
19931822
19922226
19912633
19902429
19893234
19883641
19873133
19861921
19852629
19842326
19832328
19822530
19812629
19802324
19792738

Map of recent crashes in Cramlington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Cramlington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Cramlington

The 24 most recent collisions in Cramlington happened between 28 July 2023 and 10 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Cramlington

The B1326 has the most collisions in Cramlington, 174 of 1,055 (16%), followed by the B1505 (168).

Collisions in Cramlington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1326174214130
2ndB1505168197330
3rdB131986119012
4thA1172233600
5thA1171193306
6thA1068111404
7thA189112002
8thA192101500
9thA10614400

Council area for Cramlington

Cramlington is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Cramlington accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode district for Cramlington

All 1,055 collisions in Cramlington were in the NE23 postcode district.