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Stakeford road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 700 road traffic collisions in Stakeford, Northumberland, from 1979 to 2025, and 916 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 123 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 4 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
700
946th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
916
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
123
132 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
4 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
4 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Stakeford

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.4%
  • Serious12318%
  • Slight56781%

What the data shows

  • Stakeford had 69 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 51% fewer than the 142 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Stakeford were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 181 children under 16 were killed or injured in Stakeford, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Stakeford.

Where Stakeford ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
946th
Most casualties
924th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
987th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday86 (12%)
  • Tuesday115 (16%)
  • Wednesday91 (13%)
  • Thursday108 (15%)
  • Friday108 (15%)
  • Saturday122 (17%)
  • Sunday70 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight500 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit178 (25%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit11 (1.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway652 (93%)
  • Roundabout40 (5.7%)
  • Dual carriageway4 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph9 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph676 (97%)
  • 40 mph6 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph9 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds575 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds69 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds21 (3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds9 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (0.4%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other15 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant433 (47%)
  • Pedestrian179 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist104 (11%)
  • Bus or coach occupant84 (9.2%)
  • Cyclist82 (9%)
  • Van occupant22 (2.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant5 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Stakeford road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Stakeford, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Stakeford peaked at 29 in 1988; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202555
202444
202356
202268
202156
20201112
201989
201867
20171012
2016910
2015911
20141316
20132025
20121216
20112226
20101621
20091013
20081115
20071621
20061317
20051315
20042839
20031823
20021319
20011315
20002435
19991322
19981622
19972031
19961437
19951718
19941416
19931821
19922431
19912429
19902136
19891720
19882943
19871213
19861819
19852131
19841416
19831214
19822328
19811418
19802123
19791822

Map of recent crashes in Stakeford

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Stakeford

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Stakeford

The 24 most recent collisions in Stakeford happened between 10 April 2021 and 10 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Stakeford

The A196 has the most collisions in Stakeford, 201 of 700 (29%), followed by the A1068 (139).

Collisions in Stakeford on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA196201262233
2ndA1068139194229
3rdA1147117155417
4thB11473300

Council area for Stakeford

Stakeford is in Northumberland, where police recorded 42,345 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Stakeford accounts for 1.7% of them.

Postcode districts in Stakeford

Collisions in Stakeford were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by NE62 (679) and NE22 (21).