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Morpeth road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 850 road traffic collisions in Morpeth, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,045 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 125 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 8 collisions, up from 6 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
850
844th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,045
1.23 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
8 people killed
Serious collisions
125
136 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
9
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Morpeth

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal70.8%
  • Serious12515%
  • Slight71884%

What the data shows

  • Morpeth had 91 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 186 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Morpeth were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 183 children under 16 were killed or injured in Morpeth, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in Morpeth.

Where Morpeth ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
844th
Most casualties
862nd
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
976th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday122 (14%)
  • Tuesday121 (14%)
  • Wednesday156 (18%)
  • Thursday119 (14%)
  • Friday145 (17%)
  • Saturday107 (13%)
  • Sunday80 (9.4%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight684 (80%)
  • Dark, street lights lit138 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit14 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (0.9%)
  • Dark, no street lighting6 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway798 (94%)
  • Roundabout37 (4.4%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (0.6%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded7 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 20 mph18 (2.1%)
  • 30 mph798 (94%)
  • 50 mph8 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph25 (2.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds705 (83%)
  • Raining, no high winds93 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds20 (2.4%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other16 (1.9%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant449 (43%)
  • Pedestrian313 (30%)
  • Motorcyclist106 (10%)
  • Cyclist83 (7.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant64 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant15 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Morpeth road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Morpeth, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Morpeth peaked at 31 in 1990; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202589
202467
20231522
2022914
202159
2020812
201978
20181014
20171214
20161112
20151416
20141825
20132022
20122022
20111923
20101820
20092024
20081823
20071826
20062126
20052533
20041819
20032225
20021922
20012732
20001926
19991626
19982027
19972027
19962330
19951925
19941516
19931922
19922129
19911722
19903137
19892631
19881517
19872224
19861617
19851620
19842631
19832528
19822529
19812836
19801617
19792729

Map of recent crashes in Morpeth

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Morpeth

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Morpeth

The 24 most recent collisions in Morpeth happened between 30 May 2023 and 15 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Morpeth

The A192 has the most collisions in Morpeth, 273 of 850 (32%), followed by the A197 (168).

Collisions in Morpeth on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA192273334238
2ndA197168223123
3rdA196192613
4thB6343161702
5thB1337111604

Council area for Morpeth

Morpeth is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Morpeth accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode district for Morpeth

All 850 collisions in Morpeth were in the NE61 postcode district.