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St Pauls, Sandwell, B68 8SP area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
456
1,422nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
622
1.36 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
15
Down 44% on 2024

Crash severity at the B68 8SP hotspot

64 of the 456 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal40.9%
  • Serious6013%
  • Slight39286%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
66
Slightly injured
552
All casualties
622

Accidents by year at the B68 8SP hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 32 in 2001, against an average of 18 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the B68 8SP hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251520
20242732
20231415
20221421
20211625
20201014
20191619
20181726
20171624
20161933
20151626
201466
20131521
20121013
20111217
20101729
20091722
20082335
20072429
20062536
20052434
20042021
20032834
20022330
20013240

Map of crashes at the B68 8SP hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near B68 8SP.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the St Pauls, Sandwell, B68 8SP 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 B68 8SP 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
St Pauls
Council area
Sandwell
Nearest postcode to the centre
B68 8SP
Postcode district
B68
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.49801, -1.99417
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
8 December 2025
Rank by collisions
1,422nd of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the B68 8SP hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A457, with 97 of 456, followed by the B4169 with 97.

Collisions at the B68 8SP hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA45797132213
2ndB416997130013
3rdA403191401
4thA41692200

Towns near the B68 8SP hotspot

Of the built-up areas this hotspot reaches, Smethwick had the most collisions, 214 of 456.

All 456 crashes at the B68 8SP hotspot

Newest first, from 14 January 2001 to 8 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year