Accident hotspots in Newcastle upon Tyne: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 465 road collisions in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
Newcastle upon Tyne’s busiest collision clusters (2025)
Each circle is a ~100m cluster of police-reported collisions. Larger circles = more collisions; red = at least one death. Click a circle for details.
The short answer
Newcastle upon Tyne recorded 465 police-reported collisions in 2025 — rising (+7.1% on 2024), or about 152 per 100,000 residents. Its most stubborn risk is Drury Lane, Grainger Town, a hotspot in 5 of the last 5 years.
465
Collisions in Newcastle upon Tyne (2025)
533
People injured or killed
+7.1%
Change vs 2024
~460
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Newcastle upon Tyne’s junctions that stay dangerous
These locations recorded multiple collisions in at least four of the last five years (2021–2025) — a persistent pattern, not a one-off bad year.
Drury Lane, Grainger Town
A186
13 collisions across 5 hotspot years · 15 casualties · 4 serious or fatal
New Bridge Street Roundabout, Haymarket
A(M)167
14 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 20 casualties · 2 serious or fatal
Neville Street, Grainger Town
A186
10 collisions across 4 hotspot years · 10 casualties · 2 serious or fatal
Newcastle upon Tyne’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilgrim Street, Grainger Town | A186 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | New Bridge Street Roundabout, Haymarket | B1309 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Blakelaw | A191 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Cross Villa Place No. 1, Grainger Town | A189 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Sandhill, Grainger Town | B1600 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
What to do with this: if your regular routes cross the junctions above, they deserve extra care at peak times — these aren’t random locations, they’re where collisions repeat. For context, Newcastle upon Tyne’s rate of 152 per 100,000 residents compares with an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track. And if you’re ever hit at one of these spots, that documented history is relevant to liability — mention it when you call.
Vulnerable road users in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2025: 147 collisions involved a pedestrian, 98 a cyclist and 36 a motorcyclist — overall, 151.5 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover Newcastle council district (ONS). Per-100k rates use the mid-2023 ONS population estimate for the named town or district; where the area is radius-defined, treat the rate as indicative.
These figures come from the Department for Transport’s STATS19 dataset — every collision reported to the police in 2025 — clustered to roughly 100 metres and labelled via OpenStreetMap. Only police-reported incidents are included, so minor damage-only bumps are undercounted. See the full UK hotspots analysis for the national picture and methodology.
Involved in an accident in Newcastle upon Tyne that wasn’t your fault? You’re entitled to a like-for-like replacement vehicle and to claim your losses from the at-fault insurer — our step-by-step guide explains what to do, and our estimator shows what a claim can include.
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