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Whickham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 993 road traffic collisions in Whickham, Gateshead, from 1979 to 2025, and 1,302 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 7 were fatal and 145 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 12 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
993
757th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
1,302
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
7
9 people killed
Serious collisions
145
157 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
12
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
14
6 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whickham

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal70.7%
  • Serious14515%
  • Slight84185%

What the data shows

  • Whickham had 100 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 52% fewer than the 207 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 15% of collisions in Whickham were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 251 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whickham, 19% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 37% of collisions in Whickham.

Where Whickham ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
757th
Most casualties
736th
Most fatal collisions
1,110th
Most serious collisions
883rd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday129 (13%)
  • Tuesday134 (13%)
  • Wednesday121 (12%)
  • Thursday164 (17%)
  • Friday186 (19%)
  • Saturday164 (17%)
  • Sunday95 (9.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight736 (74%)
  • Dark, street lights lit231 (23%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit12 (1.2%)
  • Dark, no street lighting8 (0.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (0.6%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway925 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway36 (3.6%)
  • Roundabout24 (2.4%)
  • One way street or slip road4 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.4%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph33 (3.3%)
  • 30 mph918 (92%)
  • 40 mph16 (1.6%)
  • 50 mph4 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph7 (0.7%)
  • 70 mph15 (1.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds775 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds132 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds25 (2.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds12 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist5 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.2%)
  • Other21 (2.1%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant685 (53%)
  • Pedestrian325 (25%)
  • Bus or coach occupant87 (6.7%)
  • Cyclist77 (5.9%)
  • Motorcyclist71 (5.5%)
  • Van occupant30 (2.3%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant11 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whickham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whickham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whickham peaked at 37 in 2008; 2025 had 12.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 12
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251214
202456
20231217
20221414
202166
202046
2019910
20181016
20171313
20161523
20151720
20141417
20132528
20121322
20111012
20101820
20092536
20083748
20072232
20062648
20053040
20042838
20032732
20022437
20013036
20003456
19993350
19982633
19972233
19963042
19952734
19943450
19932025
19922129
19912736
19902430
19892530
19882121
19871622
19861924
19852434
19842932
19832628
19822830
19812125
19802022
19792025

Map of recent crashes in Whickham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whickham

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whickham

The 24 most recent collisions in Whickham happened between 29 April 2023 and 30 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whickham

The B6317 has the most collisions in Whickham, 357 of 993 (36%), followed by the B6316 (50).

Collisions in Whickham on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB6317357504239
2ndB6316506517
3rdA6081323806
4thA1213302
5thA694500

Council area for Whickham

Whickham is in Gateshead, where police recorded 27,899 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whickham accounts for 3.6% of them.

Postcode districts in Whickham

Collisions in Whickham were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by NE16 (979) and NE11 (14).