Road crashes in Newcastle upon Tyne

18,766 recorded collisions since 2000.

Newcastle upon Tyne has recorded 18,766 road collisions since 2000, 128 of them fatal and 2,228 causing serious injury. That makes it the 50th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 13% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 6.8 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 58% since 2000, from 1,029 to 434 in 2024. The A186 is the most affected road locally, with 1,706 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.