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Blakedown road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 130 road traffic collisions in Blakedown, Wyre Forest, from 1979 to 2025, and 189 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 27 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 1 collision, up from none in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
130
2,473rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
189
1.45 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
27
34 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blakedown

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.3%
  • Serious2721%
  • Slight10077%

What the data shows

  • Blakedown had 15 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 7% more than the 14 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 23% of collisions in Blakedown were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 15 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blakedown, 7.9% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 41% of collisions in Blakedown.

Where Blakedown ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,473rd
Most casualties
2,341st
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday13 (10%)
  • Tuesday27 (21%)
  • Wednesday14 (11%)
  • Thursday8 (6.2%)
  • Friday26 (20%)
  • Saturday24 (18%)
  • Sunday18 (14%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight98 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit20 (15%)
  • Dark, no street lighting12 (9.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway125 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway5 (3.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph70 (54%)
  • 40 mph29 (22%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph21 (16%)
  • 70 mph9 (6.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds100 (77%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (3.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant130 (69%)
  • Motorcyclist27 (14%)
  • Cyclist11 (5.8%)
  • Van occupant7 (3.7%)
  • Pedestrian6 (3.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (2.6%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blakedown road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blakedown, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blakedown peaked at 9 in 1998; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202311
202222
202133
202012
201922
201811
201722
201624
201522
201400
201311
201223
201100
201011
200923
200846
200711
200611
200523
200423
200322
200224
200136
200012
199945
1998912
199722
199644
199547
199456
199322
199234
199123
199077
198933
198858
198737
198646
198544
198468
198323
198244
1981715
198026
1979717

Map of recent crashes in Blakedown

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blakedown

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blakedown

The 24 most recent collisions in Blakedown happened between 10 September 2008 and 12 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blakedown

The A456 has the most collisions in Blakedown, 65 of 130 (50%), followed by the A450 (45).

Collisions in Blakedown on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4566594214
2ndA450457216
3rdB4188121402

Council area for Blakedown

Blakedown is in Wyre Forest, where police recorded 13,508 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Blakedown accounts for 1% of them.

Postcode districts in Blakedown

Collisions in Blakedown were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by DY10 (81) and DY9 (49).