Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 20 Oct 2025, 18:41
- Volkswagen Golf and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2025211701405
Essington, South Staffordshire, WV11 2DQ area: accident hotspot
Police recorded 178 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Essington ward, South Staffordshire, from 2001 to 2025, with 260 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 16 were serious.
In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 3 in 2024.
- Collisions, 2001 to 2025
- 178
- 4,779th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
- Casualties
- 260
- 1.46 per collision
- Fatal collisions
- 1
- 1 person killed
- Collisions in 2025
- 1
- 3 in 2024
Crash severity at the WV11 2DQ hotspot
17 of the 178 collisions here (9.6%) killed or seriously injured someone.
Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025
- Fatal10.6%
- Serious169%
- Slight16190%
People hurt, 2001 to 2025
- Killed
- 1
- Seriously injured
- 16
- Slightly injured
- 243
- All casualties
- 260
Accidents by year at the WV11 2DQ hotspot
Collisions here peaked at 13 in 2006, against an average of 7.1 a year from 2001 to 2025.
Collisions and casualties at the WV11 2DQ hotspot, 2001 to 2025
- Collisions
- Collisions in 2025: 1
- Casualties
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data
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| Year | Collisions | Casualties |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 9 | 13 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8 | 13 |
| 2013 | 9 | 10 |
| 2012 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 10 | 13 |
| 2010 | 8 | 11 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11 |
| 2008 | 10 | 15 |
| 2007 | 10 | 17 |
| 2006 | 13 | 23 |
| 2005 | 12 | 16 |
| 2004 | 8 | 16 |
| 2003 | 10 | 13 |
| 2002 | 11 | 13 |
| 2001 | 9 | 14 |
Map of crashes at the WV11 2DQ hotspot
The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WV11 2DQ.
Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Essington, South Staffordshire, WV11 2DQ area accident hotspot
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 48 crashes
- Serious
- Slight
Centre of the hotspot
Hotspot area, 700 m radius
Details of the WV11 2DQ hotspot
This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.
- Ward
- Essington
- Council area
- South Staffordshire
- Nearest postcode to the centre
- WV11 2DQ
- Postcode district
- WV11
- Centre (latitude, longitude)
- 52.62737, -2.04949
- Radius
- 700 metres
- Years covered
- 2001 to 2025
- Years with a collision
- 25 of 25
- Latest collision
- 20 October 2025
- Rank by collisions
- 4,779th of 12,033 hotspots
Towns near the WV11 2DQ hotspot
46 of the 178 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Essington.
Accident hotspots near WV11 2DQ
The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the New Invention, Walsall, WV11 2EF area, 1.1 km away, with 98 collisions.
- New Invention, Walsall, WV11 2EF area1.1 km away, 134 casualties98 collisions
- Wednesfield North, Wolverhampton, WV11 2LA area1.3 km away, 99 casualties68 collisions
- Featherstone, Sharehill & Saredon, South Staffordshire, WV11 2AR area1.6 km away, 317 casualties205 collisions
- New Invention, Walsall, WV12 5LB area2 km away, 402 casualties282 collisions
- Wednesfield South, Wolverhampton, WV11 3EE area2.4 km away, 381 casualties276 collisions
- New Invention, Walsall, WV12 5SN area2.4 km away, 108 casualties84 collisions
- Bloxwich West, Walsall, WS3 3TT area2.6 km away, 129 casualties88 collisions
- Featherstone, Sharehill & Saredon, South Staffordshire, WV10 7LX area2.7 km away, 212 casualties121 collisions
All 178 crashes at the WV11 2DQ hotspot
Newest first, from 7 February 2001 to 20 October 2025, 48 to a page.
Severity
Year
- Slight
Mini One crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 6 Nov 2024, 13:00
- Mini One and Scania
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2024211513130
- Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 27 Sep 2024, 19:06
- Vauxhall Corsa and Sinnis ZS 125
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024211503415
- Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 11 Apr 2024, 14:45
- Peugeot 308 and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2024211431680
- Serious
Mercedes A Class crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 19 Nov 2023, 09:38
- Mercedes A Class and Peugeot 107
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2023211376264
- Serious
Audi A3 crash on the M54 in South Staffordshire, 22 Aug 2023, 16:40
- Audi A3 and Seat Ibiza
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2023211344535
- Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M54 in South Staffordshire, 26 Mar 2023, 19:00
- Ford Fiesta and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023211297304
- Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A462 in South Staffordshire, 4 Jan 2023, 19:52
- Mercedes A Class and BMW 1 Series
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2023211259747
- Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 3 Dec 2022, 12:17
- Ford Transit Custom, Ford Kuga, Ford Focus and a lorry
- 4 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2022211255533
- Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 20 Apr 2022, 17:20
- Peugeot 207 and a van
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022211279356
- Serious
Kia Sportage crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 31 Jan 2022, 15:35
- Kia Sportage and Renault Clio
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2022211138937
- Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 3 Dec 2021, 06:00
- Vauxhall Astra, Renault Clio and a van
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021211117163
- Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 18 Nov 2021, 17:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021211118704
- Slight
Toyota Verso crash on the A462 in South Staffordshire, 10 Oct 2021, 09:08
- Toyota Verso and Peugeot 308
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021211120393
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 27 Aug 2021, 13:45
- Volkswagen Polo and Fiat Panda
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2021211117946
- Serious
Car crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 25 Aug 2021, 19:16
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2021211080882
- Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 26 Jul 2021, 09:44
- BMW 1 Series and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021211070012
- Slight
Honda Insight crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 11 May 2021, 20:00
- Honda Insight and Mazda 5
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2021211050994
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 25 Feb 2021, 16:30
- Ford Focus and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021211111221
- Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 18 Jan 2021, 07:15
- Skoda Octavia, Mini Cooper and a car
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2021211020394
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire, 11 Jul 2020, 20:51
- Renault Clio and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020210979049
- Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A462 in South Staffordshire, 26 Jun 2020, 15:30
- Land Rover Range Rover, Ford Mondeo and a car
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020210968059
- Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 16 May 2020, 16:27
- Mercedes B Class, BMW X5 and BMW 3 Series
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020210962924
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 27 Jan 2020, 16:10
- Vauxhall Corsa and MAN
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2020210976256
- Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A462 in South Staffordshire, 18 Jan 2020, 08:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2020210946942
- Slight
Van crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 4 Dec 2019, 15:40
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2019210940371
- Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 17 Jun 2019, 07:50
- Vauxhall Corsa and a car
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2019210852127
- Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 14 Jan 2019, 15:37
- Toyota Prius, a van and a car
- 3 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2019210853378
- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 14 Nov 2018, 06:38
- Ford Mondeo and a car
- 2 vehicles, 3 casualties
Ref 2018210840740
- Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 13 Nov 2018, 06:33
- Honda Civic and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018210840660
- Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 21 Sep 2018, 08:30
- Volkswagen Polo and Peugeot 508
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2018210330323
- Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 7 Aug 2018, 11:10
- DAF Trucks and Toyota Auris
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2018210320114
- Slight
Renault Clio crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 1 Oct 2017, 14:20
- 1 vehicle, 2 casualties
Ref 2017210247745
- Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire, 30 Sep 2017, 10:34
- 2 cars
- 2 vehicles, 4 casualties
Ref 2017210239156
- Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire, 2 Aug 2017, 21:10
- Volkswagen Golf and Ford Fiesta
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017210230259
- Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 19 Jul 2017, 15:09
- Ford Focus and Volkswagen Golf
- 2 vehicles, 2 casualties
Ref 2017210207033
- Serious
Ford Transit Custom crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 21 Mar 2017, 21:50
- Ford Transit Custom and Mercedes
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017210173468
- Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the M54 in South Staffordshire, 15 Jan 2017, 12:30
- Nissan Juke, Citroen Xsara and Skoda Superb
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2017210152072
- Slight
Vauxhall Agila crash on the A4620 in South Staffordshire, 21 Nov 2016, 10:20
- Vauxhall Agila and Citroen Berlingo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016210147375
- Slight
Honda Civic crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 17 Sep 2016, 13:48
- Honda Civic and a lorry
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2016210116549
- Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A462 in South Staffordshire, 16 Aug 2015, 05:00
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015210028278
- Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 7 Aug 2015, 16:14
- DAF Trucks, BMW 5 Series and a car
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015210027562
- Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 18 Jun 2015, 15:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015210025783
- Slight
Ford Streetka crash on the M54 in South Staffordshire, 18 Jun 2015, 13:34
- Ford Streetka and Volvo
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015210025792
- Slight
BMW crash on the M54 in South Staffordshire, 23 May 2015, 13:00
- BMW and Vauxhall Movano
- 2 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015210025786
- Serious
Fiat Punto crash on the B4156 in South Staffordshire, 26 Apr 2015, 18:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2015215002127
- Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the M6 in South Staffordshire, 20 Apr 2015, 22:31
- Ford Mondeo, BMW 1 Series and Kia Picanto
- 3 vehicles, 1 casualty
Ref 2015215002317
- Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on an unclassified road in South Staffordshire, 12 Dec 2014, 15:30
- 1 vehicle, 1 casualty
Ref 2014214006545