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Crawcrook and Greenside road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 355 road traffic collisions in Crawcrook and Greenside, Gateshead, from 1979 to 2025, and 434 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 75 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
355
1,406th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
434
1.22 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
75
80 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Crawcrook and Greenside

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal82.3%
  • Serious7521%
  • Slight27277%

What the data shows

  • Crawcrook and Greenside had 39 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 34% fewer than the 59 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Crawcrook and Greenside were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 86 children under 16 were killed or injured in Crawcrook and Greenside, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Crawcrook and Greenside.

Where Crawcrook and Greenside ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,406th
Most casualties
1,452nd
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,362nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday45 (13%)
  • Tuesday51 (14%)
  • Wednesday61 (17%)
  • Thursday40 (11%)
  • Friday61 (17%)
  • Saturday53 (15%)
  • Sunday44 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight248 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit95 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (2.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway349 (98%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.8%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph3 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph331 (93%)
  • 60 mph18 (5.1%)
  • 70 mph3 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds295 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (10%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.8%)
  • Other4 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant177 (41%)
  • Pedestrian145 (33%)
  • Cyclist39 (9%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (8.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (3.5%)
  • Van occupant14 (3.2%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crawcrook and Greenside road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Crawcrook and Greenside, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Crawcrook and Greenside peaked at 20 in 1988; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202434
202379
202235
202122
202033
201933
201866
201747
201655
2015912
201433
201389
201256
201134
201033
200967
2008910
200766
2006710
200589
200489
20031218
200299
200188
200055
19991012
19981315
199766
199688
199568
199457
199366
19921112
1991915
199068
19891416
19882022
19871620
1986710
19851417
19841321
198344
19821214
19811217
1980913
197968

Map of recent crashes in Crawcrook and Greenside

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Crawcrook and Greenside

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Crawcrook and Greenside

The 24 most recent collisions in Crawcrook and Greenside happened between 9 June 2019 and 25 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Crawcrook and Greenside

The A695 has the most collisions in Crawcrook and Greenside, 92 of 355 (26%), followed by the B6317 (49).

Collisions in Crawcrook and Greenside on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA69592117528
2ndB6317495708
3rdB6315364004

Council area for Crawcrook and Greenside

Crawcrook and Greenside is in Gateshead, where police recorded 27,899 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Crawcrook and Greenside accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Crawcrook and Greenside

All 355 collisions in Crawcrook and Greenside were in the NE40 postcode district.