Crap Towns / Gateshead / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Gateshead?
In 2025-26, 2% of Gateshead council's A roads, 2% of its B and C roads and 14% of its unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance. Across England the figures were 4%, 6% and 16%. Ten years earlier, in 2015-16, the figures were 2%, 4% and 16%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 2% | 4% | 16% |
| 2016-17 | 2% | 3% | 19% |
| 2017-18 | 1% | 2% | 18% |
| 2018-19 | 1% | 2% | 20% |
| 2019-20 | 1% | 2% | 19% |
| 2020-21 | 1% | 2% | 20% |
| 2021-22 | 1% | 2% | 24% |
| 2022-23 | 1% | 2% | 20% |
| 2023-24 | 1% | 2% | 21% |
| 2024-25 | 1% | 2% | 18% |
| 2025-26 | 2% | 2% | 14% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland | 3% | 5% | 29% |
| Sunderland | 1% | 1% | 21% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 6% | 9% | 15% |
| South Tyneside | 3% | 4% | 15% |
| Gateshead | 2% | 2% | 14% |
| County Durham | 3% | 3% | 8% |
| North Tyneside | 13% | 6% | 8% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |