Fatal
Serious
Slight
Uncategorised
| Date | Local Authority | Vehicles | Casualties | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 2 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 11 Jan 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 16 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 18 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 23 Jan 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 24 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 26 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Sun 26 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 26 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | Slight |
| Sun 26 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 28 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 29 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 30 Jan 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Fri 31 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 31 Jan 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 2 Feb 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 3 Feb 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 6 Feb 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Fri 7 Feb 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Wed 12 Feb 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Sat 22 Feb 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 22 Feb 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Wed 26 Feb 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 4 Mar 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Thu 6 Mar 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 10 Mar 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Mon 10 Mar 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Thu 13 Mar 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 14 Mar 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Wed 26 Mar 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 27 Mar 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 1 Apr 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 3 Apr 1997 | Easington | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 3 Apr 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 7 Apr 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 15 Apr 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Tue 15 Apr 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Thu 17 Apr 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Fri 18 Apr 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 4 | Slight |
| Sat 19 Apr 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 27 Apr 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 1 May 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 2 May 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 3 May 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 6 May 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 11 | Slight |
| Tue 6 May 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 11 | Slight |
| Sun 11 May 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 12 May 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 15 May 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | Slight |
| Fri 16 May 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 20 May 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 24 May 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 24 May 1997 | Sunderland | 4 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 26 May 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 26 May 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Tue 27 May 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 27 May 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 27 May 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 4 | Slight |
| Mon 2 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 4 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 5 Jun 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 7 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 7 | Slight |
| Sun 8 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 10 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 4 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 11 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 12 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 8 | Serious |
| Fri 13 Jun 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 14 Jun 1997 | South Tyneside | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 15 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 16 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 16 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Fatal |
| Tue 17 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 25 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 28 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Sat 28 Jun 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Tue 1 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 2 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 3 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 5 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 9 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 11 Jul 1997 | South Tyneside | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 17 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 18 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 18 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 23 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 26 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 29 Jul 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 30 Jul 1997 | South Tyneside | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 30 Jul 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 1 Aug 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Thu 7 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Sat 9 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Wed 13 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 14 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 15 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 17 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 17 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 23 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Sun 24 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 25 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | Slight |
| Tue 26 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 29 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 31 Aug 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 4 | Slight |
| Wed 3 Sep 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Wed 3 Sep 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Wed 17 Sep 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 18 Sep 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 29 Sep 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 29 Sep 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Tue 30 Sep 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 8 Oct 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Thu 9 Oct 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 10 Oct 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 16 Oct 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Sat 18 Oct 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 1 Nov 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Serious |
| Tue 4 Nov 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 5 Nov 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 12 Nov 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 13 Nov 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 19 Nov 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Sun 23 Nov 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 24 Nov 1997 | Easington | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 1 Dec 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 3 Dec 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 4 Dec 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 7 Dec 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 9 Dec 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 17 Dec 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 19 Dec 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 20 Dec 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 23 Dec 1997 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 23 Dec 1997 | South Tyneside | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 26 Dec 1997 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | Slight |
| Wed 31 Dec 1997 | South Tyneside | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 31 Dec 1997 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |