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Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, WV3 8DL area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 85 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Merry Hill ward, Wolverhampton, from 2001 to 2025, with 110 casualties. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 6 were serious.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 4 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
85
9,138th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
110
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Collisions in 2025
1
4 in 2024

Crash severity at the WV3 8DL hotspot

7 of the 85 collisions here (8.2%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal11.2%
  • Serious67.1%
  • Slight7892%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
1
Seriously injured
6
Slightly injured
103
All casualties
110

Accidents by year at the WV3 8DL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 8 in 2012, against an average of 3.4 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the WV3 8DL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202444
202322
202245
202146
202011
201900
201812
201748
201611
201544
201444
201311
2012812
201111
201035
200989
200846
200723
200644
200555
200447
200344
2002610
200155

Map of crashes at the WV3 8DL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near WV3 8DL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, WV3 8DL area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the WV3 8DL 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
Merry Hill
Council area
Wolverhampton
Nearest postcode to the centre
WV3 8DL
Postcode district
WV3
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.57233, -2.17466
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
14 March 2025
Rank by collisions
9,138th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the WV3 8DL hotspot

All 85 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Wolverhampton.

Accident hotspots near WV3 8DL

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Graiseley, Wolverhampton, WV3 7HQ area, 0.9 km away, with 282 collisions.

All 85 crashes at the WV3 8DL hotspot

Newest first, from 15 February 2001 to 14 March 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year