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Ryton road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 546 road traffic collisions in Ryton, Gateshead, from 1979 to 2025, and 741 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 8 were fatal and 120 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
546
1,100th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
741
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Serious collisions
120
133 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Ryton

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal81.5%
  • Serious12022%
  • Slight41877%

What the data shows

  • Ryton had 61 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 28% fewer than the 85 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Ryton were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 165 children under 16 were killed or injured in Ryton, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in Ryton.

Where Ryton ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,100th
Most casualties
1,064th
Most fatal collisions
1,011th
Most serious collisions
1,009th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday77 (14%)
  • Tuesday76 (14%)
  • Wednesday87 (16%)
  • Thursday87 (16%)
  • Friday84 (15%)
  • Saturday73 (13%)
  • Sunday62 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight373 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit158 (29%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (1.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway537 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway7 (1.3%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.2%)
  • Roundabout1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (2.6%)
  • 30 mph497 (91%)
  • 40 mph23 (4.2%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.2%)
  • 60 mph10 (1.8%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds436 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds76 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds11 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist3 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.5%)
  • Other7 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant356 (48%)
  • Pedestrian183 (25%)
  • Bus or coach occupant65 (8.8%)
  • Motorcyclist61 (8.2%)
  • Cyclist48 (6.5%)
  • Van occupant23 (3.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Ryton road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Ryton, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Ryton peaked at 23 in 2000; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202567
202456
202368
2022911
202189
202045
2019912
2018815
201733
201633
2015710
20141114
201334
2012810
20111015
201057
2009912
200889
20071617
200689
2005711
20041117
2003911
200289
2001911
20002348
199988
19981013
19971622
19961321
199578
19941826
19931317
19921321
19911626
19901521
19891932
19882324
19871819
19861213
19852223
19841721
19831724
19821417
19812125
19802348
19791819

Map of recent crashes in Ryton

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Ryton

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Ryton

The 24 most recent collisions in Ryton happened between 17 May 2022 and 2 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Ryton

The A695 has the most collisions in Ryton, 221 of 546 (40%), followed by the B6317 (123).

Collisions in Ryton on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA695221306453
2ndB6317123172121
3rdB6315152024

Council area for Ryton

Ryton is in Gateshead, where police recorded 27,899 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Ryton accounts for 2% of them.

Postcode districts in Ryton

Collisions in Ryton were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by NE40 (435) and NE21 (99).