Road crashes in North Tyneside

10,340 recorded collisions since 2000.

North Tyneside has recorded 10,340 road collisions since 2000, 81 of them fatal and 1,230 causing serious injury. That makes it the 132nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 13% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 7.8 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 61% since 2000, from 581 to 228 in 2024. The A193 is the most affected road locally, with 1,024 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.