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.
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Road Risk Score
Newcastle upon Tyne ranks 97 of 125 towns we score — band B, below average
35.5 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 116.3 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 60.4% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of +3.6%. How the score works.
Newcastle upon Tyne ward by ward
Every fatal and serious collision in Newcastle upon Tyne matched to its council ward: 503 people killed or seriously injured across 26 wards, with an interactive map, every collision plotted, the roads driving each ward’s total, and a CSV built for briefing notes. Written so a single page can be sent to a ward councillor.
Open the ward analysisVulnerable road users in Newcastle upon Tyne (2025)
147 of Newcastle upon Tyne's 465 collisions (32%) involved pedestrians; 98 of Newcastle upon Tyne's 465 collisions (21%) involved cyclists; 36 of Newcastle upon Tyne's 465 collisions (8%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 84 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 147 | 32% | 48 | 33% |
| Cyclists | 98 | 21% | 18 | 18% |
| Motorcyclists | 36 | 8% | 18 | 50% |
58 of Newcastle upon Tyne’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
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 | Blakelaw | A191 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sandhill, Grainger Town | B1600 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Cross Villa Place No. 1, Grainger Town | A189 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | Kenton Lane, Blakelaw | A191 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 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. A junction with a documented five-year history is also the strongest evidence a campaign can put in front of a councillor.
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.
Need this cut a different way? A junction’s full history, cyclist or pedestrian casualties on their own, or a before-and-after on a scheme: we produce those, free for community groups, campaigners and journalists.
Newcastle upon Tyne over 5 years
Collisions per year in Newcastle upon Tyne
2025: 465 (up 7.1% on the year before) · peak 469 in 2023 · +3.6% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2023 was Newcastle upon Tyne’s worst year of the period with 469 collisions, against 433 in 2022. Of 2025’s 533 casualties, 109 were killed or seriously injured (3 deaths, 106 serious).
Build the Newcastle upon Tyne story from this page
Every line below is computed from the official DfT STATS19 dataset and updates when new data is released — copy, check, publish. Free to use with a link to this page as the source.
- “Police recorded 465 road collisions in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2025, injuring or killing 533 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2023 was Newcastle upon Tyne's worst year of the last 5 (469 collisions, against 433 in 2022).
- “Newcastle upon Tyne's collision rate is 152 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “147 collisions involved pedestrians, 98 collisions involved cyclists, 36 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 84 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “58 collisions in Newcastle upon Tyne involved a child casualty in 2025.
Attribution: “Analysis by Swift Assist (swiftassistuk.co.uk) of DfT STATS19 data” with a link to this page. Methodology: how we process the data.
Newcastle upon Tyne's roads are Newcastle upon Tyne's responsibility
Collisions above are counted for Newcastle upon Tyne. The body that maintains those roads, sets the speed limits and decides which junctions get fixed is Newcastle upon Tyne — so that is the level at which the record can be compared with anywhere else in Britain.
Per mile driven
55 of 192
Per resident
106 of 188
Risk band
Above average
Five-year trend
up 3.6%
Those two numbers disagree, and that is the story. Newcastle upon Tyne sits 106 of 188 measured per resident but 55 of 192 measured per mile actually driven — a gap of 51 places. Almost every published comparison quietly uses the per-head measure, which flatters places that carry a lot of through-traffic. On the measure that accounts for how much driving actually happens here, the record is worse than the usual figure suggests.
The full record for Newcastle upon Tyne — severity-adjusted casualties, the breakdown of who is being hurt, the darkness and ice profile, and a comparison against its ONS statistical neighbours rather than the national average — is on its own page.
Newcastle upon Tyne’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Newcastle upon Tyne
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Newcastle upon Tyne’s own figures above, each with the number that prompted it. Every guide explains how the thing works before it suggests buying anything, and most cost less than a third of a typical insurance excess.
Helmet camera
£50–£200
21% of collisions in Newcastle upon Tyne involve someone on a bike. In a disputed pull-out, footage from the rider's viewpoint is what settles liability.
How it works →
Dashcam (parking mode)
£50–£150
32% of collisions here involve a pedestrian, and those are the cases most often argued over. Footage removes the argument.
How it works →
Faraday key pouch / box
£9–£25
Even at Newcastle upon Tyne's 116 vehicle crimes per 100,000 residents, relay theft is the method that needs no tools and leaves no damage. The pouch is the cheapest thing that stops it.
How it works →
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UK accident hotspots (national)
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Read more →Newcastle upon Tyne collisions by ward
Ward-level analysis with every collision mapped, for councillors and campaigners.
Read more →Cyclist collision map (national)
Where cyclists are hurt across Britain, from the same records.
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