Road crashes in Northumberland

19,493 recorded collisions since 2000.

Northumberland has recorded 19,493 road collisions since 2000, 405 of them fatal and 3,370 causing serious injury. That makes it the 46th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 19% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 20.8 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 62% since 2000, from 1,067 to 409 in 2024. The A1 is the most affected road locally, with 1,216 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.