Accident hotspots in Sunderland: where crashes cluster
Police recorded 234 road collisions in Sunderland in 2025. We mapped every one to find the junctions and roads where they concentrate.
26.5
Road Risk Score
Sunderland ranks 117 of 125 towns we score — band B, below average
21.3 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents, 93.9 vehicle crimes per 100,000, 43.6% of collisions involving someone outside a car, and a five-year trend of +7.3%. How the score works.
Vulnerable road users in Sunderland (2025)
55 of Sunderland's 234 collisions (24%) involved pedestrians; 29 of Sunderland's 234 collisions (12%) involved cyclists; 18 of Sunderland's 234 collisions (8%) involved motorcyclists. Together those collisions left 40 people killed or seriously injured.
| Road user | Collisions | Share of all collisions | Killed or seriously injured | Serious-outcome rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 55 | 24% | 17 | 31% |
| Cyclists | 29 | 12% | 11 | 38% |
| Motorcyclists | 18 | 8% | 12 | 67% |
45 of Sunderland’s collisions in 2025 involved a child casualty.
Sunderland’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
Sunderland recorded 234 police-reported collisions in 2025 — broadly flat year-on-year, or about 85 per 100,000 residents. No single junction dominates — risk is spread across the area below.
234
Collisions in Sunderland (2025)
301
People injured or killed
-1.3%
Change vs 2024
~241
Modelled collisions in 2026 on current trend
Sunderland’s worst accident spots
| # | Location | Road | Collisions | Casualties | Serious | Fatal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Broadway, Nookside | A183 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Toward Road, Ashbrooke | B1294 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Baltimore Avenue, Town End Farm | Local road | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Newcastle Road, Fulwell | B1291 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Whitburn Road, Seaburn | A183 | 2 | 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, Sunderland’s rate of 85 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 Sunderland in 2025: 55 collisions involved a pedestrian, 29 a cyclist and 18 a motorcyclist — overall, 84.5 collisions per 100,000 residents.
Area definition: figures cover 6km radius of the town centre. 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.
Sunderland over 5 years
Collisions per year in Sunderland
2025: 234 (down 1.3% on the year before) · peak 237 in 2024 · +7.3% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
2024 was Sunderland’s worst year of the period with 237 collisions, against 218 in 2021. Of 2025’s 301 casualties, 59 were killed or seriously injured (5 deaths, 54 serious).
Build the Sunderland 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 234 road collisions in Sunderland in 2025, injuring or killing 301 people (DfT STATS19).
- “2024 was Sunderland's worst year of the last 5 (237 collisions, against 218 in 2021).
- “Sunderland's collision rate is 85 per 100,000 residents, against an average of 220 across the 125 areas we track.
- “55 collisions involved pedestrians, 29 collisions involved cyclists, 18 collisions involved motorcyclists — with 40 of those people killed or seriously injured.
- “45 collisions in Sunderland 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.
How Sunderland compares nationally
Sunderland is the highway authority for these roads, which means the same body counted in the national comparison below is the one that maintains them.
Per mile driven
117 of 192
Per resident
144 of 188
Risk band
Below average
Five-year trend
up 2.2%
Those two numbers disagree, and that is the story. Sunderland sits 144 of 188 measured per resident but 117 of 192 measured per mile actually driven — a gap of 27 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 Sunderland — 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.
Sunderland’s full road risk record →What actually changes the odds in Sunderland
Data is only useful if it changes what you do. These three are picked from Sunderland’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.
Dashcam (parking mode)
£50–£150
24% 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 Sunderland's 94 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 →
Steering wheel lock
£40–£70
Vehicle theft is target selection: thieves work a street and take the easiest car. A visible attack-rated bar moves your car down that list before anyone touches it.
How it works →
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