Silverlink M&S store closed after car collision at 2.25pm on Tuesday 13 October leaves two people in their 60s seriously injured

A Marks and Spencer foodhall on North Tyneside was closed and part of a busy retail park cordoned off on Tuesday afternoon, 13 October, after a car collided with the front of the store and seriously injured two pedestrians.

Northumbria Police said the collision at Silverlink Retail Park in Wallsend was reported at about 2.25pm. The two people hurt, a man and a woman both aged in their 60s, were pedestrians and were taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle with serious injuries. The driver, a woman in her 70s, remained at the scene and is assisting officers, who say the circumstances of the collision have yet to be established.

Great North Air Ambulance Service

The response brought two ambulance crews, a rapid response paramedic, a specialist paramedic and senior clinicians from the North East Ambulance Service, which assessed multiple patients at the scene. The Great North Air Ambulance Service sent a critical care team by helicopter, arriving at 2.50pm, and three fire engines from Byker, Tynemouth and Wallsend attended after a call to Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service at 2.21pm. Fire crews left at 3.26pm.

For reasons yet to be established, a car collided with the front of a premises.Northumbria Police, quoted by Brit Brief, 13 October 2026

The store's glass entrance doors were damaged and shoppers were evacuated, with the shop remaining closed to the public. Savills, the property manager for Silverlink Retail Park, confirmed an incident in the car park and said the site was supporting the emergency services. Drivers were advised to avoid the area while the cordon was in place.

Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Northumbria Police have asked witnesses, and anyone with dashcam footage from the retail park on Tuesday afternoon, to contact the force online or on 101, quoting reference NP-20261013-0624.