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Throckley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 300 road traffic collisions in Throckley, Newcastle upon Tyne, from 1979 to 2025, and 358 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 5 were fatal and 72 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 5 collisions, up from 3 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
300
1,548th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
358
1.19 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Serious collisions
72
75 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
5
3 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
3 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Throckley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal51.7%
  • Serious7224%
  • Slight22374%

What the data shows

  • Throckley had 40 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 25% fewer than the 53 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in Throckley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 79 children under 16 were killed or injured in Throckley, 22% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 31% of collisions in Throckley.

Where Throckley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,548th
Most casualties
1,619th
Most fatal collisions
1,368th
Most serious collisions
1,407th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday44 (15%)
  • Tuesday41 (14%)
  • Wednesday33 (11%)
  • Thursday48 (16%)
  • Friday47 (16%)
  • Saturday50 (17%)
  • Sunday37 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight218 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit71 (24%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown7 (2.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway278 (93%)
  • Roundabout19 (6.3%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.3%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph14 (4.7%)
  • 30 mph273 (91%)
  • 40 mph4 (1.3%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph6 (2%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds252 (84%)
  • Raining, no high winds29 (9.7%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (2%)
  • Raining with high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other5 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.7%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant125 (35%)
  • Pedestrian114 (32%)
  • Cyclist51 (14%)
  • Bus or coach occupant30 (8.4%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (6.1%)
  • Van occupant7 (2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Throckley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Throckley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Throckley peaked at 15 in 1985; 2025 had 5.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 5
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202556
202433
202322
202244
202144
202044
201978
201835
201723
201667
201545
201455
201367
201227
201167
2010710
200999
200855
200733
200668
20051314
200455
200388
200279
2001610
2000812
199988
199855
199745
1996510
199535
1994710
199367
199244
199178
199066
1989911
1988911
198789
1986912
19851515
198488
19831112
19821314
198177
198077
1979914

Map of recent crashes in Throckley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Throckley

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Throckley

The 24 most recent collisions in Throckley happened between 15 November 2019 and 12 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Throckley

The A6085 has the most collisions in Throckley, 114 of 300 (38%), followed by the B6528 (94).

Collisions in Throckley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA6085114142328
2ndB652894115123
3rdB63235502

Council area for Throckley

Throckley is in Newcastle upon Tyne, where police recorded 41,251 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Throckley accounts for 0.7% of them.

Postcode district for Throckley

All 300 collisions in Throckley were in the NE15 postcode district.