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Ponteland road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 460 road traffic collisions in Ponteland, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 598 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 75 were serious.

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

Collisions since 1979
460
1,220th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
598
1.30 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
75
80 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
8
6 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
11
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ponteland

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.1%
  • Serious7516%
  • Slight38083%

What the data shows

  • Ponteland had 54 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 42% fewer than the 93 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Ponteland were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 98 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ponteland, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Ponteland.

Where Ponteland ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,220th
Most casualties
1,200th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,362nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday58 (13%)
  • Tuesday73 (16%)
  • Wednesday67 (15%)
  • Thursday55 (12%)
  • Friday90 (20%)
  • Saturday61 (13%)
  • Sunday56 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight347 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit96 (21%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway446 (97%)
  • Roundabout9 (2%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.9%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph8 (1.7%)
  • 30 mph435 (95%)
  • 40 mph5 (1.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph10 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds377 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds55 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (2.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.7%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.2%)
  • Other5 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant371 (62%)
  • Pedestrian97 (16%)
  • Cyclist59 (9.9%)
  • Motorcyclist48 (8%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.2%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ponteland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ponteland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ponteland peaked at 20 in 1982; 2025 had 8.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 8
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025811
202467
202325
202246
202158
202066
201934
20181012
201777
201633
20151524
20141012
201379
201257
201188
201056
20091113
2008912
20071318
20061015
200555
200455
20031423
20021824
2001811
200057
199945
19981216
19971014
19961221
19951519
19941117
19931116
1992916
19911012
19901214
19891215
19881719
19871315
19861318
19851213
19841213
19831316
19822024
19811416
19801418
19791213

Map of recent crashes in Ponteland

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ponteland

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ponteland

The 24 most recent collisions in Ponteland happened between 14 September 2021 and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ponteland

The A696 has the most collisions in Ponteland, 133 of 460 (29%), followed by the B6323 (45).

Collisions in Ponteland on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA696133167320
2ndB6323455719

Council area for Ponteland

Ponteland is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ponteland accounts for 1.1% of them.

Postcode district for Ponteland

All 460 collisions in Ponteland were in the NE20 postcode district.