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Sunniside road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 205 road traffic collisions in Sunniside, Gateshead, from 1979 to 2025, and 261 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 28 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
205
1,922nd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
261
1.27 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
28
30 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Sunniside

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2814%
  • Slight17786%

What the data shows

  • Sunniside had 31 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 16% fewer than the 37 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in Sunniside were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 40 children under 16 were killed or injured in Sunniside, 15% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Sunniside.

Where Sunniside ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,922nd
Most casualties
1,953rd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,411th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday26 (13%)
  • Tuesday32 (16%)
  • Wednesday27 (13%)
  • Thursday29 (14%)
  • Friday34 (17%)
  • Saturday35 (17%)
  • Sunday22 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight151 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (1.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting1 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway200 (98%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.5%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.5%)
  • 30 mph192 (94%)
  • 40 mph4 (2%)
  • 60 mph8 (3.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds152 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds36 (18%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds3 (1.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1%)
  • Other6 (2.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant142 (54%)
  • Pedestrian56 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist32 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant11 (4.2%)
  • Cyclist7 (2.7%)
  • Van occupant6 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.8%)
  • Horse rider2 (0.8%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Sunniside road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sunniside, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Sunniside peaked at 11 in 1980; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202433
202322
202222
202134
202033
201933
201846
201745
201668
201589
201455
201312
201233
201145
201067
200957
200823
200711
200624
200533
2004814
200322
200266
200179
200055
199957
199845
199759
199656
1995611
199411
199356
1992611
199168
1990710
198957
198835
198744
198655
198568
198411
198300
198256
198179
19801111
197999

Map of recent crashes in Sunniside

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Sunniside

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Sunniside

The 24 most recent collisions in Sunniside happened between 26 April 2017 and 12 September 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Sunniside

The A692 has the most collisions in Sunniside, 119 of 205 (58%), followed by the B6316 (38).

Collisions in Sunniside on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA692119156021
2ndB6316384802
3rdA60763400

Council area for Sunniside

Sunniside is in Gateshead, where police recorded 27,899 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Sunniside accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Sunniside

All 205 collisions in Sunniside were in the NE16 postcode district.