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Easington Lane road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 326 road traffic collisions in Easington Lane, Sunderland, from 1979 to 2025, and 414 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 9 were fatal and 71 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
326
1,481st of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
414
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
10 people killed
Serious collisions
71
79 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Easington Lane

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal92.8%
  • Serious7122%
  • Slight24675%

What the data shows

  • Easington Lane had 42 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 30% fewer than the 60 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Easington Lane were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 107 children under 16 were killed or injured in Easington Lane, 26% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 32% of collisions in Easington Lane.

Where Easington Lane ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,481st
Most casualties
1,495th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
1,420th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday49 (15%)
  • Tuesday44 (13%)
  • Wednesday42 (13%)
  • Thursday39 (12%)
  • Friday59 (18%)
  • Saturday60 (18%)
  • Sunday33 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight227 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit88 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway295 (90%)
  • Dual carriageway24 (7.4%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.9%)
  • Roundabout2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph324 (99%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds266 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds39 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.8%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Other2 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant170 (41%)
  • Pedestrian141 (34%)
  • Motorcyclist46 (11%)
  • Cyclist28 (6.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant20 (4.8%)
  • Van occupant7 (1.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Easington Lane road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Easington Lane, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Easington Lane peaked at 21 in 1983; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
202466
202344
202233
202124
2020510
201956
201869
201723
201634
201555
201434
201359
2012710
201166
201077
2009811
20081013
200777
200624
200568
200422
200368
2002710
200135
20001119
1999712
199878
1997813
199644
199589
1994913
199355
19921112
199199
199089
198988
1988912
1987910
198655
198578
19841011
19832127
198277
19811012
1980910
19791825

Map of recent crashes in Easington Lane

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Easington Lane

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Easington Lane

The 24 most recent collisions in Easington Lane happened between 11 September 2020 and 3 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Easington Lane

Of the 326 collisions in Easington Lane, 232 were on the A182.

Collisions in Easington Lane on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA182232304760

Council area for Easington Lane

Easington Lane is in Sunderland, where police recorded 34,891 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Easington Lane accounts for 0.9% of them.

Postcode district for Easington Lane

All 326 collisions in Easington Lane were in the DH5 postcode district.