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Whitburn (South Tyneside) road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 300 road traffic collisions in Whitburn, South Tyneside, from 1979 to 2025, and 379 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 49 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
300
1,548th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
379
1.26 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
6 people killed
Serious collisions
49
53 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
7 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Whitburn

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal62%
  • Serious4916%
  • Slight24582%

What the data shows

  • Whitburn had 26 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 41% fewer than the 44 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Whitburn were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 114 children under 16 were killed or injured in Whitburn, 30% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 27% of collisions in Whitburn.

Where Whitburn ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,548th
Most casualties
1,570th
Most fatal collisions
1,233rd
Most serious collisions
1,750th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday43 (14%)
  • Tuesday36 (12%)
  • Wednesday41 (14%)
  • Thursday35 (12%)
  • Friday64 (21%)
  • Saturday54 (18%)
  • Sunday27 (9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight226 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit67 (22%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway286 (95%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (3.7%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph4 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph294 (98%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds256 (85%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (6.7%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.7%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.3%)
  • Fog or mist3 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.3%)
  • Other6 (2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant165 (44%)
  • Pedestrian118 (31%)
  • Motorcyclist38 (10%)
  • Cyclist35 (9.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (4.5%)
  • Horse rider2 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Whitburn road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Whitburn, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Whitburn peaked at 15 in 1990; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202512
202427
202356
202233
202134
202033
201934
201833
201700
201635
201523
201445
201356
201257
2011610
201036
200944
200844
200744
2006710
200589
200477
2003811
2002812
200166
200078
1999815
19981216
199757
199679
199588
199466
199389
1992710
19911114
19901517
19891218
19881315
198778
19861011
19851113
198478
19831011
198256
1981810
198056
19791113

Map of recent crashes in Whitburn

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Whitburn

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Whitburn

The 24 most recent collisions in Whitburn happened between 21 October 2016 and 16 May 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Whitburn

The A183 has the most collisions in Whitburn, 167 of 300 (56%), followed by the B1299 (11).

Collisions in Whitburn on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA183167217327
2ndB1299111401

Council area for Whitburn

Whitburn is in South Tyneside, where police recorded 15,915 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Whitburn accounts for 1.9% of them.

Postcode district for Whitburn

All 300 collisions in Whitburn were in the SR6 postcode district.