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WV16 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 1,858 road traffic collisions in the WV16 postcode district, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 2,581 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 48 were fatal and 426 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 17 collisions, down 19% on 2024 (21).

Collisions since 1979
1,858
1,817th of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
2,581
1.39 per collision
Fatal collisions
48
52 people killed
Serious collisions
426
525 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
17
Down 19% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
22
Down 24% on 2024

Road collision statistics for WV16

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal482.6%
  • Serious42623%
  • Slight1,38474%

What the data shows

  • WV16 had 164 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 48% fewer than the 317 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 26% of collisions in WV16 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 273 children under 16 were killed or injured in WV16, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in WV16.

Where WV16 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,817th
Most casualties
1,815th
Most fatal collisions
1,255th
Most serious collisions
1,691st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday240 (13%)
  • Tuesday236 (13%)
  • Wednesday233 (13%)
  • Thursday265 (14%)
  • Friday292 (16%)
  • Saturday315 (17%)
  • Sunday277 (15%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,387 (75%)
  • Dark, no street lighting290 (16%)
  • Dark, street lights lit159 (8.6%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown16 (0.9%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit6 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,796 (97%)
  • One way street or slip road26 (1.4%)
  • Roundabout17 (0.9%)
  • Dual carriageway14 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph2 (0.1%)
  • 30 mph687 (37%)
  • 40 mph82 (4.4%)
  • 50 mph6 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph1,033 (56%)
  • 70 mph48 (2.6%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,495 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds255 (14%)
  • Fog or mist24 (1.3%)
  • Fine with high winds22 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds17 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds12 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds4 (0.2%)
  • Other28 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.1%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,596 (62%)
  • Motorcyclist358 (14%)
  • Pedestrian316 (12%)
  • Cyclist124 (4.8%)
  • Van occupant94 (3.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)35 (1.4%)
  • Bus or coach occupant26 (1%)
  • Minibus occupant13 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant11 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant4 (0.2%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

WV16 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in WV16, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in WV16 peaked at 70 in 1987; 2025 had 17.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 17
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251722
20242129
20231727
20221217
20211416
20201624
20191317
20181416
20171927
20162122
20152229
20142428
20133947
20123043
20112740
20102954
20094061
20082935
20074252
20063548
20054256
20043853
20034568
20023649
20014158
20004263
19993860
19984668
19975067
19966585
19954560
19943853
19935061
19923545
19915174
19904361
19896078
19885988
198770114
19865681
198568104
19846593
19835874
19825572
19815572
19806791
19795979

Map of recent crashes in WV16

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in WV16

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in WV16

The 24 most recent collisions in WV16 happened between 12 October 2024 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in WV16

The A458 has the most collisions in WV16, 279 of 1,858 (15%), followed by the B4364 (261).

Collisions in WV16 on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4582794311070
2ndB4364261369963
3rdB4555221293753
4thB4373199271452
5thB4363178272349
6thB436869109320
7thA4422738110

Council area for WV16

WV16 is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. WV16 accounts for 4.5% of them.

Town in WV16

Of the 1,858 collisions in WV16, 580 (31%) were in Bridgnorth.