Skip to main content
CrashStats

WS6 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,488 road traffic collisions in the WS6 postcode district, South Staffordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,001 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 20 were fatal and 184 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 18 collisions, up from 13 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
1,488
1,971st of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,001
1.34 per collision
Fatal collisions
20
22 people killed
Serious collisions
184
213 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
18
13 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
24
16 in 2024

Road collision statistics for WS6

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal201.3%
  • Serious18412%
  • Slight1,28486%

What the data shows

  • WS6 had 108 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 54% fewer than the 237 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 14% of collisions in WS6 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 318 children under 16 were killed or injured in WS6, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in WS6.

Where WS6 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,971st
Most casualties
2,001st
Most fatal collisions
2,159th
Most serious collisions
2,281st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday201 (14%)
  • Tuesday199 (13%)
  • Wednesday227 (15%)
  • Thursday255 (17%)
  • Friday250 (17%)
  • Saturday209 (14%)
  • Sunday147 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,065 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit351 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting46 (3.1%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown18 (1.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit8 (0.5%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,317 (89%)
  • Dual carriageway77 (5.2%)
  • One way street or slip road60 (4%)
  • Roundabout17 (1.1%)
  • Not recorded17 (1.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph1,155 (78%)
  • 40 mph50 (3.4%)
  • 50 mph67 (4.5%)
  • 60 mph168 (11%)
  • 70 mph46 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,123 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds229 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds26 (1.7%)
  • Fine with high winds25 (1.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds18 (1.2%)
  • Fog or mist10 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.1%)
  • Other48 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded8 (0.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,181 (59%)
  • Motorcyclist288 (14%)
  • Pedestrian262 (13%)
  • Cyclist157 (7.8%)
  • Van occupant39 (1.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant29 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant14 (0.7%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)13 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant10 (0.5%)
  • Minibus occupant5 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WS6 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WS6, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in WS6 peaked at 57 in 1984; 2025 had 18.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 18
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251824
20241316
2023714
202256
202179
202067
2019612
201846
20171518
20162745
20152127
20141618
20132125
20121216
20112229
20101624
20092937
20083345
20073442
20063351
20054055
20042531
20034969
20023849
20014558
20003342
19994464
19984662
19974873
19965070
19955073
19943447
19934353
19925166
19913345
19903840
19894156
19884255
19872835
19865265
19853144
19845779
19835169
19825064
19815378
19803540
19793648

Map of recent crashes in WS6

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WS6

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WS6

The 24 most recent collisions in WS6 happened between 26 September 2024 and 17 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WS6

The A34 has the most collisions in WS6, 424 of 1,488 (28%), followed by the B4156 (207).

Collisions in WS6 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA34424599953
2ndB4156207268131
3rdA592138313

Council areas covering WS6

Collisions in WS6 were recorded in 2 council areas. South Staffordshire has 1,383 of 1,488 (93%).

Collisions in WS6 by council area, 1979 to 2025
RankCouncil areaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stSouth Staffordshire1,3831,85718172
2ndCannock Chase103142212

Town in WS6

Of the 1,488 collisions in WS6, 1,151 (77%) were in Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay.