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Newbottle road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 147 road traffic collisions in Newbottle, Sunderland, from 1979 to 2025, and 203 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 29 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
147
2,300th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
203
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
29
30 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Newbottle

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2920%
  • Slight11880%

What the data shows

  • Newbottle had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 55% fewer than the 33 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 20% of collisions in Newbottle were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 36 children under 16 were killed or injured in Newbottle, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Newbottle.

Where Newbottle ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,300th
Most casualties
2,245th
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,370th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday22 (15%)
  • Tuesday17 (12%)
  • Wednesday18 (12%)
  • Thursday18 (12%)
  • Friday26 (18%)
  • Saturday24 (16%)
  • Sunday22 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight98 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit43 (29%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway142 (97%)
  • Roundabout5 (3.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph147 (100%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds116 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds18 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (1.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.7%)
  • Other1 (0.7%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant129 (64%)
  • Pedestrian39 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist14 (6.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant13 (6.4%)
  • Cyclist3 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant3 (1.5%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Newbottle road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Newbottle, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Newbottle peaked at 8 in 2001; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202422
202311
202233
202111
202011
201922
201800
201711
201634
201526
201422
201333
201225
201169
201022
200947
2008711
200734
200622
200559
200434
200333
200259
2001810
200067
199900
1998710
199767
199648
1995610
199435
199357
199212
199122
199047
198955
198823
198744
198600
198523
198424
198322
198212
198155
198055
197933

Map of recent crashes in Newbottle

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Newbottle

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Newbottle

The 24 most recent collisions in Newbottle happened between 28 January 2012 and 13 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Newbottle

Of the 147 collisions in Newbottle, 74 were on the A182.

Collisions in Newbottle on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA18274112011

Council area for Newbottle

Newbottle is in Sunderland, where police recorded 34,891 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Newbottle accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Newbottle

All 147 collisions in Newbottle were in the DH4 postcode district.