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Haltwhistle road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
154
2,239th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
213
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
38
41 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Haltwhistle

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.6%
  • Serious3825%
  • Slight11575%

What the data shows

  • Haltwhistle had 16 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% more than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 25% of collisions in Haltwhistle were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 62 children under 16 were killed or injured in Haltwhistle, 29% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 34% of collisions in Haltwhistle.

Where Haltwhistle ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,239th
Most casualties
2,196th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,042nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (14%)
  • Tuesday23 (15%)
  • Wednesday23 (15%)
  • Thursday24 (16%)
  • Friday22 (14%)
  • Saturday22 (14%)
  • Sunday19 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight123 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit25 (16%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (1.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (1.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway154 (100%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph130 (84%)
  • 40 mph6 (3.9%)
  • 60 mph17 (11%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds135 (88%)
  • Raining, no high winds12 (7.8%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.9%)
  • Fine with high winds2 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.3%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant86 (40%)
  • Pedestrian53 (25%)
  • Cyclist24 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist19 (8.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant18 (8.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (3.3%)
  • Van occupant5 (2.3%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Haltwhistle road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Haltwhistle, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Haltwhistle peaked at 10 in 1989; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202422
202323
202222
202100
202000
201900
201845
201733
201633
201500
201400
201323
201223
201100
201000
2009112
200845
200722
200646
200511
200433
200345
200235
200133
200044
199934
199822
199755
199646
1995812
1994913
1993712
199256
199144
199078
19891013
1988711
198722
1986511
1985810
198478
198322
198234
198136
198011
197933

Map of recent crashes in Haltwhistle

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Haltwhistle

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Haltwhistle

The 24 most recent collisions in Haltwhistle happened between 29 March 2008 and 31 October 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Haltwhistle

The A69 has the most collisions in Haltwhistle, 46 of 154 (30%), followed by the B6322 (9).

Collisions in Haltwhistle on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA694674012
2ndB632291302

Council area for Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Haltwhistle accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Haltwhistle

All 154 collisions in Haltwhistle were in the NE49 postcode district.