Road crashes in South Tyneside

6,933 recorded collisions since 2000.

South Tyneside has recorded 6,933 road collisions since 2000, 58 of them fatal and 905 causing serious injury. That makes it the 231st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 14% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 8.4 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 59% since 2000, from 422 to 175 in 2024. The A194 is the most affected road locally, with 857 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.