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Sandwell road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 42,064 road traffic collisions in Sandwell from 1979 to 2025, and 56,041 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 529 were fatal and 7,538 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 600 collisions, down 2% on 2024 (614), and casualties fell from 811 to 784.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
42,064
54th highest of 351 areas
Casualties
56,041
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
529
1.3% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
600
Down 2% on 2024

Crash severity in Sandwell

1.3% of collisions in Sandwell from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 18% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal5291.3%
  • Serious7,53818%
  • Slight33,99781%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal5631%
  • Serious8,65515%
  • Slight46,82384%

Sandwell road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Sandwell, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 1,272 in 2001. In 2025 there were 600, down 2% on 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 600
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025600784
2024614811
2023574794
2022588799
2021596806
2020504657
2019570768
2018613825
2017639915
2016611827
2015651880
2014629910
2013534720
2012474622
2011529752
20106981,027
20098931,280
20089711,336
20079951,350
20061,0231,366
20051,0281,384
20041,0101,290
20031,1481,501
20021,1751,549
20011,2721,702
20001,2401,639
19991,1651,522
19981,1791,617
19971,0451,405
19961,0901,474
19959961,381
19941,0521,387
19939811,296
19929871,282
19911,0741,441
19901,0481,391
19891,0781,421
19881,0491,377
19878241,066
19861,0161,318
19859961,288
19841,0581,341
19831,0681,350
19821,1281,458
19811,0091,287
19801,0331,339
19791,0091,306

When and where crashes happen in Sandwell

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday6,122 (15%)
  • Tuesday5,915 (14%)
  • Wednesday6,224 (15%)
  • Thursday6,352 (15%)
  • Friday7,273 (17%)
  • Saturday5,822 (14%)
  • Sunday4,356 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:591,397 (3.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:59700 (1.7%)
  • 06:00 to 08:594,844 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:595,341 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:597,679 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5910,777 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:597,297 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:594,029 (9.6%)

Collisions by month

  • January3,438 (8.2%)
  • February3,039 (7.2%)
  • March3,350 (8%)
  • April3,259 (7.7%)
  • May3,460 (8.2%)
  • June3,458 (8.2%)
  • July3,533 (8.4%)
  • August3,356 (8%)
  • September3,514 (8.4%)
  • October3,898 (9.3%)
  • November4,125 (9.8%)
  • December3,634 (8.6%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight29,970 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit11,598 (28%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown253 (0.6%)
  • Dark, no street lighting132 (0.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit111 (0.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds30,851 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds6,138 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds566 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds511 (1.2%)
  • Snowing, no high winds281 (0.7%)
  • Fog or mist191 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds42 (0.1%)
  • Other2,675 (6.4%)
  • Not recorded809 (1.9%)

Road surface

  • Dry26,787 (64%)
  • Wet or damp14,206 (34%)
  • Frost or ice650 (1.5%)
  • Snow345 (0.8%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep21 (under 0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel20 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded34 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph7 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph262 (0.6%)
  • 30 mph33,481 (80%)
  • 40 mph5,873 (14%)
  • 50 mph434 (1%)
  • 60 mph152 (0.4%)
  • 70 mph1,849 (4.4%)
  • Not recorded5 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway28,713 (68%)
  • Dual carriageway9,363 (22%)
  • Roundabout2,586 (6.1%)
  • One way street or slip road986 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded416 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Sandwell

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant31,916 (57%)
  • Pedestrian11,794 (21%)
  • Motorcyclist4,631 (8.3%)
  • Cyclist3,375 (6%)
  • Van occupant1,532 (2.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1,396 (2.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)491 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant423 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant212 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant182 (0.3%)
  • Other49 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded40 (0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 51,785 (3.2%)
  • 6 to 103,298 (5.9%)
  • 11 to 154,235 (7.6%)
  • 16 to 208,263 (15%)
  • 21 to 257,446 (13%)
  • 26 to 3510,831 (19%)
  • 36 to 457,411 (13%)
  • 46 to 555,043 (9%)
  • 56 to 653,387 (6%)
  • 66 to 751,989 (3.5%)
  • Over 751,366 (2.4%)
  • Not recorded987 (1.8%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider29,426 (53%)
  • Passenger14,821 (26%)
  • Pedestrian11,794 (21%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car55,823 (74%)
  • Motorcycle4,790 (6.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes4,471 (6%)
  • Pedal cycle3,404 (4.5%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes2,925 (3.9%)
  • Bus or coach1,709 (2.3%)
  • Other vehicle691 (0.9%)
  • Taxi or private hire car585 (0.8%)
  • Minibus268 (0.4%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown103 (0.1%)
  • Other73 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded117 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Sandwell

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Sandwell

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Sandwell ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Sandwell had the 54th most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
54th
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
51st
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
69th
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
49th
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
51stCardiff43,00356,1345155,422
52ndKensington and Chelsea42,73248,2642756,392
53rdNorthumberland42,34562,3991,0908,560
54thSandwell (this area)42,06456,0415297,538
55thStoke-on-Trent41,98453,9474525,078
56thBolton41,74955,8565425,867
57thWigan41,50555,6805665,532

Accident hotspots in Sandwell

Soho & Victoria, Sandwell, B66 3PX area is the busiest accident hotspot in Sandwell, with 933 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 10 of them fatal.

Roads in Sandwell with the most crashes

The A457 had the most collisions in Sandwell from 1979 to 2025: 2,466, including 41 fatal and 418 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Sandwell, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4572,4663,32341418
2ndA41232,1423,14638390
3rdA411,9202,58714282
4thA4611,8772,57321322
5thA40311,2661,80621264
6thM51,1611,80827165
7thA40341,0381,35120189
8thB41699061,16813153
9thA41008671,12311162
10thM67991,23312105
11thA40307979814138
12thA40377541,0169156
13thA45668199413126
14thA40416601,00223143
15thA3464488814104
16thB41714996836112
17thB4136467636580
18thA459401488688
19thB4149368510563
20thA4092331387241

Towns in Sandwell

West Bromwich had the most collisions of any town in Sandwell from 1979 to 2025: 10,447.

Postcode districts in Sandwell

B70 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Sandwell from 1979 to 2025: 5,435.

Latest crashes in Sandwell

Of the latest 24 crashes in Sandwell, none were fatal and 3 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity