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Hexham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 878 road traffic collisions in Hexham, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,024 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 11 were fatal and 134 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
878
826th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,024
1.17 per collision
Fatal collisions
11
12 people killed
Serious collisions
134
138 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
3
12 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Hexham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal111.3%
  • Serious13415%
  • Slight73383%

What the data shows

  • Hexham had 82 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 46% fewer than the 152 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Hexham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 213 children under 16 were killed or injured in Hexham, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Hexham.

Where Hexham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
826th
Most casualties
869th
Most fatal collisions
788th
Most serious collisions
940th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday128 (15%)
  • Tuesday143 (16%)
  • Wednesday121 (14%)
  • Thursday134 (15%)
  • Friday161 (18%)
  • Saturday119 (14%)
  • Sunday72 (8.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight707 (81%)
  • Dark, street lights lit152 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.9%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit5 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway820 (93%)
  • Roundabout24 (2.7%)
  • One way street or slip road16 (1.8%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (1.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph18 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph819 (93%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph34 (3.9%)
  • 70 mph5 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds691 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds112 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds23 (2.6%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (1.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds8 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.3%)
  • Other21 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant398 (39%)
  • Pedestrian391 (38%)
  • Cyclist108 (11%)
  • Motorcyclist81 (7.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant15 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.4%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Hexham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Hexham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Hexham peaked at 35 in 1984; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202523
2024812
20231214
202288
202179
202055
20191010
2018810
2017911
20161315
20151819
20141622
20131214
20121415
2011910
20102224
20091424
20081113
20072224
20061415
20052225
20041620
20032130
20022327
20011618
20002329
19992124
19981825
19972226
19962733
19952530
19942224
19932327
19922023
19913337
19902831
19893134
19882323
19872227
19862226
19852527
19843537
19832525
19822024
19811819
19803543
19792833

Map of recent crashes in Hexham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Hexham

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Hexham

The 24 most recent collisions in Hexham happened between 8 November 2022 and 16 June 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Hexham

The B6305 has the most collisions in Hexham, 272 of 878 (31%), followed by the A6079 (74).

Collisions in Hexham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6305272315233
2ndA60797486118
3rdA6956784213
4thB6531434713
5thB6306283604
6thA694510

Council area for Hexham

Hexham is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Hexham accounts for 2.1% of them.

Postcode district for Hexham

All 878 collisions in Hexham were in the NE46 postcode district.