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Killingworth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Collisions since 1979
558
1,088th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
718
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
9
9 people killed
Serious collisions
122
127 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
8
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Killingworth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal91.6%
  • Serious12222%
  • Slight42777%

What the data shows

  • Killingworth had 68 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 35% fewer than the 104 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Killingworth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 176 children under 16 were killed or injured in Killingworth, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Killingworth.

Where Killingworth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,088th
Most casualties
1,085th
Most fatal collisions
915th
Most serious collisions
994th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday71 (13%)
  • Tuesday82 (15%)
  • Wednesday98 (18%)
  • Thursday72 (13%)
  • Friday106 (19%)
  • Saturday77 (14%)
  • Sunday52 (9.3%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight422 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit121 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (1.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway503 (90%)
  • Roundabout41 (7.3%)
  • Dual carriageway11 (2%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph12 (2.2%)
  • 30 mph487 (87%)
  • 40 mph21 (3.8%)
  • 60 mph36 (6.5%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds436 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds60 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (3.6%)
  • Raining with high winds11 (2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Other22 (3.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant316 (44%)
  • Pedestrian187 (26%)
  • Cyclist75 (10%)
  • Motorcyclist62 (8.6%)
  • Bus or coach occupant54 (7.5%)
  • Van occupant19 (2.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Killingworth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Killingworth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Killingworth peaked at 21 in 1998; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202568
202434
20231418
202267
202155
202066
201978
201867
201768
2016912
20151216
2014914
20131114
20121726
20111012
201066
2009910
20081112
200789
20061114
20051623
20041420
20031620
20021217
2001912
20001827
19991520
19982128
19971423
19961621
19951114
19941223
19931115
1992910
19911112
19901618
19892024
19882026
19871526
19861212
19851011
19841515
19831518
19821719
19811925
19801415
197988

Map of recent crashes in Killingworth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Killingworth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Killingworth

The 24 most recent collisions in Killingworth happened between 15 September 2022 and 10 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Killingworth

The B1505 has the most collisions in Killingworth, 113 of 558 (20%), followed by the A1056 (35).

Collisions in Killingworth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1505113141022
2ndA1056354306
3rdB1317162505
4thB1318111700
5thA1893301
6thB13193300

Council area for Killingworth

Killingworth is in North Tyneside, where police recorded 22,283 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Killingworth accounts for 2.5% of them.

Postcode districts in Killingworth

Collisions in Killingworth were recorded in 4 postcode districts, led by NE12 (471) and NE23 (72).