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Sunderland road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 20,667 road traffic collisions in Sunderland from 1979 to 2025, and 26,517 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 218 were fatal and 3,661 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 182 collisions, down 6% on 2024 (193).

Collisions since 1979
20,667
65th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
26,517
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
218
219 people killed
Serious collisions
3,661
3,953 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
182
Down 6% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
229
Down 5% on 2024

Road collision statistics for Sunderland

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal2181.1%
  • Serious3,66118%
  • Slight16,78881%

What the data shows

  • Sunderland had 2,029 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 45% fewer than the 3,685 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Sunderland were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 5,692 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sunderland, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 30% of collisions in Sunderland.

Where Sunderland ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
65th
Most casualties
62nd
Most fatal collisions
53rd
Most serious collisions
59th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday2,872 (14%)
  • Tuesday2,915 (14%)
  • Wednesday3,032 (15%)
  • Thursday3,129 (15%)
  • Friday3,607 (17%)
  • Saturday3,018 (15%)
  • Sunday2,094 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight15,234 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit5,046 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown162 (0.8%)
  • Dark, no street lighting117 (0.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit108 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway15,508 (75%)
  • Dual carriageway2,329 (11%)
  • One way street or slip road1,662 (8%)
  • Roundabout1,092 (5.3%)
  • Not recorded76 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph261 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph18,631 (90%)
  • 40 mph1,391 (6.7%)
  • 50 mph27 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph187 (0.9%)
  • 70 mph168 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds16,901 (82%)
  • Raining, no high winds2,199 (11%)
  • Fine with high winds603 (2.9%)
  • Raining with high winds236 (1.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds127 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist73 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds32 (0.2%)
  • Other348 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded148 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant12,234 (46%)
  • Pedestrian7,416 (28%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2,558 (9.6%)
  • Cyclist1,954 (7.4%)
  • Motorcyclist1,411 (5.3%)
  • Van occupant489 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant194 (0.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant81 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)74 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant70 (0.3%)
  • Other22 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded14 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sunderland road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sunderland, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sunderland peaked at 654 in 1991; 2025 had 182.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 182
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025182229
2024193240
2023180241
2022178219
2021171217
2020172207
2019227282
2018224291
2017225268
2016277353
2015299411
2014326439
2013332432
2012314405
2011346472
2010377540
2009424542
2008422556
2007419534
2006426567
2005489644
2004493657
2003532698
2002502701
2001539706
2000533689
1999529706
1998553723
1997610838
1996592779
1995569772
1994564729
1993511633
1992572701
1991654845
1990648835
1989607803
1988491633
1987538682
1986470574
1985526643
1984554659
1983512589
1982564660
1981630744
1980554666
1979617763

Map of recent crashes in Sunderland

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sunderland

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sunderland

The 24 most recent collisions in Sunderland happened between 4 November and 24 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sunderland

The A1018 has the most collisions in Sunderland, 2,183 of 20,667 (11%), followed by the A690 (1,916).

Collisions in Sunderland on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA10182,1832,97027360
2ndA6901,9162,50620351
3rdA1831,4812,00611220
4thA12318331,1427108
5thB14058271,1437158
6thB128657273510128
7thB1291525656576
8thB1289188232335
9thB1522157205019
10thB129392114318
11thB129491118015
12thA12906277010
13thA19335516
14thB1287182804
15thA18481114
16thA1235600

Council area for Sunderland

Sunderland is in Sunderland, where police recorded 34,891 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sunderland accounts for 59% of them.

Postcode districts in Sunderland

Collisions in Sunderland were recorded in 6 postcode districts, led by SR4 (4,808) and SR5 (3,973).