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A19 J40 at 03:58 on Monday 12 October: nothing reported at this junction — live National Highways updates every few minutes.
Straight from National Highways, re-checked every 3 minutes while this page is open.
Location from the National Highways junction reference (fallback table). Nearest towns: South Shields, Newcastle, Gateshead, Cramlington.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 1,454 collisions are on record, 14 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the A19 itself, within 2 miles of J40. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for A19 J40 →A19 J40 is at South Shields. The nearest town is South Shields.
No — as of 03:58 National Highways list nothing at A19 J40. This page re-checks their live feed every few minutes, 24 hours a day.
No closure is listed at A19 J40 as of 03:58.
Police STATS19 records show 50 collisions on the A19 within 2 miles of J40, including 2 fatal and 7 serious. Counting every road in the area, 1,454 collisions are recorded within 3 miles.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole A19, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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