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Newton & Valley, Sandwell, B71 3SX area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 217 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Newton & Valley ward, Sandwell, from 2001 to 2025, with 350 casualties. Of those collisions, 6 were fatal and 39 were serious.

In 2025 there were 7 collisions here, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
217
3,912th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
350
1.61 per collision
Fatal collisions
6
7 people killed
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024

Crash severity at the B71 3SX hotspot

45 of the 217 collisions here (21%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal62.8%
  • Serious3918%
  • Slight17279%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
7
Seriously injured
49
Slightly injured
294
All casualties
350

Accidents by year at the B71 3SX hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 16 in 2001, against an average of 8.7 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the B71 3SX hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025711
202459
20231114
20221121
202168
202023
201934
2018811
20171013
20161014
2015611
201467
201369
2012710
201157
20101026
20091329
20081122
20071016
2006914
20051014
20041216
20031216
20021119
20011626

Map of crashes at the B71 3SX hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near B71 3SX.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Newton & Valley, Sandwell, B71 3SX area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the B71 3SX 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
Newton & Valley
Council area
Sandwell
Nearest postcode to the centre
B71 3SX
Postcode district
B71
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.53434, -1.96742
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
5 November 2025
Rank by collisions
3,912th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the B71 3SX hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A4041, with 70 of 217, followed by the M5 with 68.

Collisions at the B71 3SX hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA404170102015
2ndM56810928
3rdM66811

Accident hotspots near B71 3SX

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Charlemont & Grove Vale, Sandwell, B71 1AH area, 1.5 km away, with 405 collisions.

All 217 crashes at the B71 3SX hotspot

Newest first, from 26 January 2001 to 5 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year