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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 350 road traffic collisions in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 419 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 69 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 4 collisions, the same number as in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
350
1,417th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
419
1.20 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
69
72 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
4
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
4
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.9%
  • Serious6920%
  • Slight27879%

What the data shows

  • Newbiggin-by-the-Sea had 32 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 58 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 21% of collisions in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 103 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, 25% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 29% of collisions in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.

Where Newbiggin-by-the-Sea ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,417th
Most casualties
1,482nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,440th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday40 (11%)
  • Tuesday50 (14%)
  • Wednesday44 (13%)
  • Thursday59 (17%)
  • Friday52 (15%)
  • Saturday56 (16%)
  • Sunday49 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight255 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit92 (26%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway333 (95%)
  • One way street or slip road13 (3.7%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (1.4%)
  • 30 mph342 (98%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph2 (0.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds288 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds40 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds10 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant170 (41%)
  • Pedestrian128 (31%)
  • Cyclist40 (9.5%)
  • Motorcyclist35 (8.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant27 (6.4%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (1.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Other1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea peaked at 15 in 1997; 2025 had 4.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 4
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202544
202444
202323
202246
202133
202022
201933
201823
201746
201645
201511
201433
201356
201266
201159
2010810
200979
2008813
200766
2006910
2005810
200488
20031115
200279
20011115
2000910
19991417
199889
19971518
19961315
199589
19941215
1993911
19921419
199167
19901010
198977
198833
19871212
1986711
198589
198477
198355
19821213
19811415
19801417
1979811

Map of recent crashes in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

The 24 most recent collisions in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea happened between 31 May 2018 and 5 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

The B1334 has the most collisions in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, 114 of 350 (33%), followed by the A197 (69).

Collisions in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB1334114146222
2ndA1976989112

Council area for Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newbiggin-by-the-Sea accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

All 350 collisions in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea were in the NE64 postcode district.