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Jarrow road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,143 road traffic collisions in Jarrow, South Tyneside, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,719 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 25 were fatal and 341 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 20 collisions, down 20% on 2024 (25).

Collisions since 1979
2,143
435th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
2,719
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
25
27 people killed
Serious collisions
341
362 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
20
Down 20% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
23
Down 18% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Jarrow

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal251.2%
  • Serious34116%
  • Slight1,77783%

What the data shows

  • Jarrow had 252 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 37% fewer than the 400 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Jarrow were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 572 children under 16 were killed or injured in Jarrow, 21% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Jarrow.

Where Jarrow ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
435th
Most casualties
433rd
Most fatal collisions
403rd
Most serious collisions
456th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday301 (14%)
  • Tuesday286 (13%)
  • Wednesday317 (15%)
  • Thursday340 (16%)
  • Friday409 (19%)
  • Saturday286 (13%)
  • Sunday204 (9.5%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,575 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit521 (24%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit28 (1.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown14 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting5 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,571 (73%)
  • Dual carriageway406 (19%)
  • Roundabout121 (5.6%)
  • One way street or slip road38 (1.8%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph32 (1.5%)
  • 30 mph1,756 (82%)
  • 40 mph280 (13%)
  • 50 mph11 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph20 (0.9%)
  • 70 mph44 (2.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,730 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds244 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds52 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds28 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds18 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist9 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other44 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded17 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,272 (47%)
  • Pedestrian650 (24%)
  • Cyclist314 (12%)
  • Motorcyclist227 (8.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant133 (4.9%)
  • Van occupant61 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant23 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant8 (0.3%)
  • Other8 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Jarrow road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Jarrow, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Jarrow peaked at 83 in 1982; 2025 had 20.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 20
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252023
20242528
20231923
20222130
20212021
20202331
20192835
20183039
20172833
20163850
20153856
20143663
20133137
20123542
20113961
20103951
20094155
20084460
20075274
20064555
20055769
20044454
20035781
20024565
20014154
20006178
19996077
19986072
19974857
19966273
19956180
19944454
19935158
19925562
19915375
19907186
19896183
19884866
19874363
19864651
19855059
19845468
19835763
19828394
19816271
19805766
19796073

Map of recent crashes in Jarrow

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Jarrow

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Jarrow

The 24 most recent collisions in Jarrow happened between 3 November 2024 and 26 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Jarrow

The A194 has the most collisions in Jarrow, 329 of 2,143 (15%), followed by the A185 (306).

Collisions in Jarrow on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA194329481651
2ndA185306410454
3rdB1516136174312
4thB129793114116
5thA19568002
6thA1171804
7thA13004500

Council area for Jarrow

Jarrow is in South Tyneside, where police recorded 15,915 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Jarrow accounts for 13% of them.

Postcode districts in Jarrow

Collisions in Jarrow were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by NE32 (1,605) and NE34 (511).