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WS4 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,472 road traffic collisions in the WS4 postcode district, Walsall, from 1980 to 2025, and 1,959 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 23 were fatal and 261 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 16 collisions, up from 10 in 2024.

Collisions since 1980
1,472
1,981st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
1,959
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
23
23 people killed
Serious collisions
261
314 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
16
10 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
19
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for WS4

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal231.6%
  • Serious26118%
  • Slight1,18881%

What the data shows

  • WS4 had 187 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 19% fewer than the 231 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in WS4 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 340 children under 16 were killed or injured in WS4, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in WS4.

Where WS4 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,981st
Most casualties
2,012th
Most fatal collisions
2,062nd
Most serious collisions
2,108th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday214 (15%)
  • Tuesday203 (14%)
  • Wednesday222 (15%)
  • Thursday216 (15%)
  • Friday245 (17%)
  • Saturday211 (14%)
  • Sunday161 (11%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,027 (70%)
  • Dark, street lights lit424 (29%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (0.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown8 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,280 (87%)
  • Dual carriageway130 (8.8%)
  • Roundabout55 (3.7%)
  • One way street or slip road7 (0.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph5 (0.3%)
  • 30 mph1,333 (91%)
  • 40 mph76 (5.2%)
  • 50 mph12 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph17 (1.2%)
  • 70 mph29 (2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,098 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds228 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds14 (1%)
  • Fog or mist13 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds6 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other78 (5.3%)
  • Not recorded17 (1.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,078 (55%)
  • Pedestrian379 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist199 (10%)
  • Cyclist150 (7.7%)
  • Bus or coach occupant62 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant44 (2.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant20 (1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)10 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant10 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.3%)
  • Other1 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WS4 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WS4, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in WS4 peaked at 58 in 1996; 2025 had 16.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 16
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251619
20241010
20231324
20221824
20212231
20201819
20192231
20182125
20172134
20162636
20152233
20142740
20131217
20121316
20111420
20102850
20092128
20082428
20073847
20063242
20053139
20044050
20033750
20023445
20013759
20004056
19995165
19984658
19974053
19965878
19953747
19945264
19933662
19923540
19914060
19905166
19894962
19884556
19873545
198600
19854572
19845464
19833649
19823948
19814149
19804548

Map of recent crashes in WS4

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WS4

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WS4

The 24 most recent collisions in WS4 happened between 11 July 2024 and 11 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WS4

The A461 has the most collisions in WS4, 712 of 1,472 (48%), followed by the A454 (122).

Collisions in WS4 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA46171296210120
2ndA454122184429
3rdB41549112949
4thA4148212801

Council area for WS4

WS4 is in Walsall, where police recorded 33,576 collisions from 1979 to 2025. WS4 accounts for 4.4% of them.

Towns in WS4

Collisions in WS4 were recorded in 2 towns, led by Rushall and Shelfield (892) and Walsall (373).