The A689: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 113 people were killed or seriously injured in 99 collisions on the A689, making it the 121th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
99
serious or fatal collisions
113
people killed or seriously injured
18
collisions that took a life
#121
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A689 carries 269 recorded injury collisions over the period, 99 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in County Durham, Hartlepool, Carlisle, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Collisions here are more likely than average to be fatal: 18% against 7% across the numbered network, which usually points to higher speeds. Most collisions were recorded on 60 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2022 with 25 serious collisions, and the count is down 35% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A689
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- County Durham44 KSI
- Hartlepool35 KSI
- Carlisle10 KSI
- Stockton-on-Tees5 KSI
- Cumberland4 KSI
- Northumberland1 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A689
2025: 11 (down 54.2% on the year before) · peak 25 in 2022 · -35.3% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A689
How many accidents happen on the A689?
Police recorded 269 injury collisions on the A689 over 2021–2025, of which 99 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 113 people killed or seriously injured, including 18 fatal collisions.
Is the A689 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 121 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 111 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A689 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in County Durham, Hartlepool, Carlisle. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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