Fatal
Serious
Slight
Uncategorised
| Date | Local Authority | Vehicles | Casualties | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 4 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 4 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 5 Jan 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 5 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 8 Jan 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 10 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 11 Jan 1996 | Durham | 2 | 3 | Fatal |
| Thu 11 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Sun 14 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 16 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 16 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 16 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 16 Jan 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 16 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 18 Jan 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 18 Jan 1996 | Durham | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Sat 20 Jan 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Mon 22 Jan 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 23 Jan 1996 | Durham | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Thu 25 Jan 1996 | Wear Valley | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 27 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 27 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 28 Jan 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Thu 1 Feb 1996 | Durham | 2 | 4 | Slight |
| Mon 5 Feb 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 5 Feb 1996 | Wear Valley | 5 | 2 | Slight |
| Tue 6 Feb 1996 | Durham | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Sat 10 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 3 | Serious |
| Sat 10 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 4 | Serious |
| Sun 11 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 11 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 12 Feb 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 19 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 20 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 22 Feb 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 22 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 22 Feb 1996 | Durham | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Sat 24 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 24 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 26 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 26 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Tue 27 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 4 | Slight |
| Tue 27 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Tue 27 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Wed 28 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 28 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 28 Feb 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 29 Feb 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 2 Mar 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 2 Mar 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 9 Mar 1996 | Durham | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Wed 13 Mar 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 14 Mar 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 19 Mar 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 20 Mar 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 20 Mar 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 22 Mar 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 30 Mar 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 12 Apr 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 15 Apr 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 17 Apr 1996 | Wear Valley | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 18 Apr 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 22 Apr 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 22 Apr 1996 | Wear Valley | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 27 Apr 1996 | Durham | 4 | 2 | Serious |
| Sun 28 Apr 1996 | Wear Valley | 1 | 5 | Fatal |
| Tue 30 Apr 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 30 Apr 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 1 May 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 2 May 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Fri 3 May 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Fri 10 May 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 12 May 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 12 May 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 20 May 1996 | Durham | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Tue 21 May 1996 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 31 May 1996 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 2 Jun 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 3 Jun 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 6 Jun 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Thu 6 Jun 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 6 Jun 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 10 Jun 1996 | Durham | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Fri 14 Jun 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 15 Jun 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 23 Jun 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 24 Jun 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 24 Jun 1996 | Durham | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 1 Jul 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 8 Jul 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 11 Jul 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 11 Jul 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 13 Jul 1996 | Wear Valley | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 15 Jul 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 24 Jul 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 24 Jul 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 25 Jul 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 26 Jul 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 31 Jul 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 2 Aug 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 2 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 4 Aug 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 5 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Tue 6 Aug 1996 | Wear Valley | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 9 Aug 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 10 Aug 1996 | Durham | 3 | 6 | Slight |
| Sun 11 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 11 Aug 1996 | Durham | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Wed 14 Aug 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Fri 16 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Fri 16 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 19 Aug 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 23 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 24 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 24 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 26 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 26 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 26 Aug 1996 | Durham | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Wed 28 Aug 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Fri 30 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 31 Aug 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 1 Sep 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Sun 1 Sep 1996 | Durham | 3 | 3 | Serious |
| Mon 2 Sep 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 3 Sep 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 3 Sep 1996 | Durham | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 6 Sep 1996 | Wear Valley | 4 | 2 | Serious |
| Sun 8 Sep 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 13 Sep 1996 | Durham | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Wed 18 Sep 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 18 Sep 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 22 Sep 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 25 Sep 1996 | Durham | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Thu 26 Sep 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 29 Sep 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 29 Sep 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 1 Oct 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 1 Oct 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 1 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | Slight |
| Thu 3 Oct 1996 | Durham | 3 | 4 | Slight |
| Fri 4 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Fri 4 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | Slight |
| Fri 4 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 5 Oct 1996 | Durham | 4 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 12 Oct 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 14 Oct 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 16 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 16 Oct 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 19 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 19 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 22 Oct 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 23 Oct 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 25 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 25 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 25 Oct 1996 | Wear Valley | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 27 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Tue 29 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Wed 30 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 30 Oct 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 31 Oct 1996 | Wear Valley | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 8 Nov 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 11 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 11 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 11 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 11 Nov 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 13 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Sat 16 Nov 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 16 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 16 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 17 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 18 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 19 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 21 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 23 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 28 Nov 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 29 Nov 1996 | Wear Valley | 3 | 2 | Slight |
| Fri 29 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 30 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 30 Nov 1996 | Durham | 3 | 4 | Slight |
| Sat 30 Nov 1996 | Wear Valley | 3 | 3 | Fatal |
| Sat 30 Nov 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 5 Dec 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 5 Dec 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 6 Dec 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 6 Dec 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 6 Dec 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 7 Dec 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 7 Dec 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 10 Dec 1996 | Durham | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 13 Dec 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 14 Dec 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 16 Dec 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 18 Dec 1996 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 18 Dec 1996 | Durham | 2 | 3 | Fatal |
| Mon 23 Dec 1996 | Sunderland | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 25 Dec 1996 | Durham | 1 | 1 | Slight |