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A189 traffic and collisions
The A189 is an A-road of 23.8 miles, from Gateshead to Northumberland. This page covers its traffic at 29 DfT count points since 2000 and the collisions police recorded on it.
- Traffic in 2025 255m vehicle miles
- Average daily traffic 29,401 vehicles a day, both directions
- Busiest section 51,906 A192 to A193
- HGV share 2.6% of vehicle miles
- Traffic since 2019 +2.3% same count points
- Collisions, 2021 to 2025 212 17.2 per 100m vehicle miles
How busy is the A189?
On an average day in 2025, 29,401 vehicles passed each point on the A189, counting both directions. The busiest section is A192 to A193 (Northumberland), with 51,906 a day; the quietest listed is B1600 to Fenham Hall Drive, with 6,668.
Busiest sections, 2025
A192 to A193 carries 1.8 times the road’s average flow.
| Section | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| A192 to A193 Northumberland · 2.2 mi · HGVs 3.0% | 51,906 |
| A193 to A1147 Northumberland · 1.8 mi · HGVs 2.6% | 51,666 |
| A19/A1171 to B1326 Northumberland · 0.9 mi · HGVs 3.4% | 49,367 |
| B1326 to A1061 Northumberland · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.1% | 49,116 |
| A1147 to A189 Spur Northumberland · 1.1 mi · HGVs 3.2% | 42,763 |
| A189 Spur to A197 Northumberland · 3.2 mi · HGVs 3.3% | 40,928 |
| A1061 to A192 Northumberland · 0.8 mi · HGVs 3.5% | 40,234 |
| A184 to A695 Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne · 0.6 mi · HGVs 0.8% | 37,663 |
| A188 to A1056 North Tyneside · 1.1 mi · HGVs 1.7% | 20,640 |
| A167 to B1318 Newcastle upon Tyne · 1.2 mi · HGVs 0.7% | 18,417 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Route
Gateshead to Northumberland · 23.8 miles
A189 traffic and collisions by section
21 sections between junctions, in route order. Each is the average of its DfT count points, weighted by length. 5 short link roads and spurs (1.0 miles) count in the road’s totals but are not listed.
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| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A184 to A695Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne | 37,663 | 12 |
| 2 | Scotswood Rd to A186 Westmorland RdNewcastle upon Tyne | 23,416 | 9 |
| 3 | Westmorland Rd to A186 Westgate RdNewcastle upon Tyne | 19,394 | 9 |
| 4 | A186 Westgate Rd to A189 Bath LaneNewcastle upon Tyne | 6,668 | 0 |
| 5 | B1600 to Fenham Hall DriveNewcastle upon Tyne | 6,668 | 17 |
| 6 | Fenham Hall Drive to A167Newcastle upon Tyne | 6,668 | 9 |
| 7 | A167 to B1318Newcastle upon Tyne | 18,417 | 24 |
| 8 | B1318 to A191Newcastle upon Tyne | 17,911 | 22 |
| 9 | A191 to West Farm AvenueNewcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside | 12,885 | 3 |
| 10 | West Farm Avenue to A188North Tyneside | 12,885 | 3 |
| 11 | A188 to A1056North Tyneside | 20,640 | 13 |
| 12 | A1056 to A190North Tyneside | 15,400 | 7 |
| 13 | A190 to A19North Tyneside, Northumberland | 14,946 | 3 |
| 14 | A19/A1171 to B1326Northumberland | 49,367 | 14 |
| 15 | B1326 to A1061Northumberland | 49,116 | 5 |
| 16 | A1061 to A192Northumberland | 40,234 | fewer than 3 |
| 17 | A192 to A193Northumberland | 51,906 | 9 |
| 18 | A193 to A1147Northumberland | 51,666 | 6 |
| 19 | A1147 to A189 SpurNorthumberland | 42,763 | 5 |
| 20 | A189 Spur to A197Northumberland | 40,928 | 28 |
| 21 | A197 to A1068Northumberland | 10,007 | 4 |
Vehicles a day is the average daily flow in 2025. “Since 2019” compares the same count points. Collisions are those with the A189 as the first road, placed on the nearest section by their recorded position; rates (per 100 million vehicle miles) are shown for sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more.
A189 traffic by vehicle type
Cars and taxis make up 80.4% of the vehicle miles on the A189. HGVs account for 2.6%, rising to 3.9% on A197 to A1068.
Vehicle mix, 2025
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
HGV share of traffic
| Year | HGV share |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.8% |
| 2001 | 3.8% |
| 2002 | 3.7% |
| 2003 | 3.5% |
| 2004 | 4.6% |
| 2005 | 3.9% |
| 2006 | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 3.4% |
| 2008 | 3.3% |
| 2009 | 2.7% |
| 2010 | 2.9% |
| 2011 | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 3.4% |
| 2013 | 3.3% |
| 2014 | 3.1% |
| 2015 | 3.0% |
| 2016 | 3.0% |
| 2017 | 3.0% |
| 2018 | 3.0% |
| 2019 | 2.9% |
| 2020 | 3.2% |
| 2021 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 2.8% |
| 2023 | 2.7% |
| 2024 | 2.5% |
| 2025 | 2.6% |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
A189 traffic trend
Traffic on the A189 came to 255 million vehicle miles in 2025. At the count points present in both years, it is up 2.3% on 2019, before the pandemic, and up 9.0% on 2015.
Vehicle miles a year
Like for like, traffic is down 10.8% on 2000.
| Year | Vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 157m |
| 2001 | 160m |
| 2002 | 165m |
| 2003 | 170m |
| 2004 | 171m |
| 2005 | 178m |
| 2006 | 192m |
| 2007 | 194m |
| 2008 | 192m |
| 2009 | 190m |
| 2010 | 193m |
| 2011 | 213m |
| 2012 | 206m |
| 2013 | 211m |
| 2014 | 220m |
| 2015 | 228m |
| 2016 | 234m |
| 2017 | 250m |
| 2018 | 253m |
| 2019 | 255m |
| 2020 | 198m |
| 2021 | 228m |
| 2022 | 246m |
| 2023 | 247m |
| 2024 | 257m |
| 2025 | 255m |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
Average daily flow
| Year | Vehicles a day |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 20,522 |
| 2001 | 21,296 |
| 2002 | 21,922 |
| 2003 | 22,603 |
| 2004 | 22,058 |
| 2005 | 22,963 |
| 2006 | 24,752 |
| 2007 | 25,104 |
| 2008 | 24,780 |
| 2009 | 24,631 |
| 2010 | 25,011 |
| 2011 | 25,702 |
| 2012 | 24,776 |
| 2013 | 25,338 |
| 2014 | 26,461 |
| 2015 | 27,333 |
| 2016 | 28,084 |
| 2017 | 28,837 |
| 2018 | 28,770 |
| 2019 | 28,975 |
| 2020 | 22,490 |
| 2021 | 25,866 |
| 2022 | 27,907 |
| 2023 | 28,090 |
| 2024 | 29,157 |
| 2025 | 29,401 |
Source:DfT,UK Motoring analysis 2000 to 2025 Updated
The chart counts the whole road as it was each year, so new or renumbered stretches move it. The percentage changes compare only count points present in both years. In 2025, 3 of the 29 count points were counted; DfT estimated the rest from earlier counts and local trends.
A189 collisions
Police recorded 212 collisions with the A189 as the first road from 2021 to 2025, 45 of them fatal or serious, including 5 fatal. That is 17.2 per 100 million vehicle miles, lower than the 31.5 for all A-roads in Great Britain. On average there were 1.8 a year for each mile of road.
Reported collisions by year
Down 25.5% from 2021 to 2025.
| Year | Slight | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41 | 10 |
| 2022 | 32 | 7 |
| 2023 | 41 | 8 |
| 2024 | 25 | 10 |
| 2025 | 28 | 10 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
Sections with the highest collision rates
Per 100 million vehicle miles, 2021 to 2025. Sections of half a mile or more with 10 or more collisions.
| Section | Per 100m vehicle miles |
|---|---|
| B1600 to Fenham Hall Drive Newcastle upon Tyne · 17 collisions | 120.0 |
| A19/A1171 to B1326 Northumberland · 14 collisions | 86.3 |
| A167 to B1318 Newcastle upon Tyne · 24 collisions | 64.4 |
| B1318 to A191 Newcastle upon Tyne · 22 collisions | 60.7 |
| A188 to A1056 North Tyneside · 13 collisions | 31.0 |
| A184 to A695 Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne · 12 collisions | 30.5 |
| A189 Spur to A197 Northumberland · 28 collisions | 12.8 |
Source:DfT STATS19,UK Motoring analysis 2021 to 2025 Updated
A further 29 collisions were recorded at junctions where the A189 was the second road; they are not in the figures above. Fatal or serious uses DfT’s adjusted serious figures. How we count collisions
Council areas on the A189
In route order. Each is the highway authority DfT files the count points under.
- Gateshead
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
Data sources and methodology
| Figures | Source | Period | Records | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traffic counts and vehicle mix | Road traffic statistics (AADF by count point) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2000 to 2025 | 29 count points in 2025 | 15 September 2026 |
| Reported collisions | Road safety open data (STATS19) Department for Transport Derived statistics UK Motoring | 2021 to 2025 | 212 reported collisions | 15 September 2026 |
- Annual average daily flow (AADF) is the average number of vehicles passing a point on a typical day of the year, both directions combined.
- Vehicle miles are AADF multiplied by link length and 365, summed over every count point link on the road.
- Sections join count point links between junctions, using the link lines in DfT’s major road database.
- STATS19 covers personal injury collisions reported to the police. Damage-only collisions are not included, and not every injury collision is reported.
- Serious and slight figures are DfT’s adjusted estimates, which allow for police forces moving to injury-based reporting.
- Counts of one or two collisions below Great Britain level are shown as “fewer than 3”.
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