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Pegswood road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 138 road traffic collisions in Pegswood, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 167 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 22 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 4 December 2023.

Collisions since 1979
138
2,390th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
167
1.21 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
22
22 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
4 Dec 2023
Busiest year
2003
8 collisions

Road collision statistics for Pegswood

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal42.9%
  • Serious2216%
  • Slight11281%

What the data shows

  • Pegswood had 6 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 60% fewer than the 15 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Pegswood were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 47 children under 16 were killed or injured in Pegswood, 28% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 28% of collisions in Pegswood.

Where Pegswood ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,390th
Most casualties
2,533rd
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
2,653rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (15%)
  • Tuesday26 (19%)
  • Wednesday18 (13%)
  • Thursday25 (18%)
  • Friday24 (17%)
  • Saturday13 (9.4%)
  • Sunday11 (8%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight107 (78%)
  • Dark, street lights lit24 (17%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (2.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (2.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway134 (97%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.4%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.7%)
  • 30 mph129 (93%)
  • 60 mph8 (5.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds119 (86%)
  • Raining, no high winds10 (7.2%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (4.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.7%)
  • Other2 (1.4%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant67 (40%)
  • Pedestrian47 (28%)
  • Cyclist22 (13%)
  • Motorcyclist20 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (4.2%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Pegswood road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Pegswood, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Pegswood peaked at 8 in 2003; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202322
202211
202100
202000
201911
201800
201722
201600
201535
201411
201323
201211
201122
201011
200911
200800
200711
200634
200569
200422
200388
2002716
200134
200000
199955
199833
199767
199611
199559
199456
199335
199234
199177
199022
198966
198855
198755
198655
198578
198455
198333
198268
198144
198022
197933

Map of recent crashes in Pegswood

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Pegswood

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Pegswood

The 24 most recent collisions in Pegswood happened between 25 August 2005 and 4 December 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Pegswood

Of the 138 collisions in Pegswood, 89 were on the A197.

Collisions in Pegswood on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA19789108314

Council area for Pegswood

Pegswood is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Pegswood accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Pegswood

All 138 collisions in Pegswood were in the NE61 postcode district.