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Blythe Bridge road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 551 road traffic collisions in Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire Moorlands, from 1979 to 2025, and 735 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 89 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, up from 5 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
551
1,094th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
735
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
89
100 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
5 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
10
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Blythe Bridge

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal30.5%
  • Serious8916%
  • Slight45983%

What the data shows

  • Blythe Bridge had 30 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 70% fewer than the 99 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Blythe Bridge were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 133 children under 16 were killed or injured in Blythe Bridge, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 39% of collisions in Blythe Bridge.

Where Blythe Bridge ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,094th
Most casualties
1,072nd
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
1,221st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday66 (12%)
  • Tuesday83 (15%)
  • Wednesday83 (15%)
  • Thursday90 (16%)
  • Friday93 (17%)
  • Saturday71 (13%)
  • Sunday65 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight395 (72%)
  • Dark, street lights lit141 (26%)
  • Dark, no street lighting11 (2%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.7%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway510 (93%)
  • Dual carriageway26 (4.7%)
  • Roundabout9 (1.6%)
  • One way street or slip road2 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph398 (72%)
  • 40 mph42 (7.6%)
  • 50 mph7 (1.3%)
  • 60 mph80 (15%)
  • 70 mph23 (4.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds439 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds75 (14%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (1.1%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Fog or mist4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds4 (0.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other12 (2.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant365 (50%)
  • Motorcyclist133 (18%)
  • Pedestrian117 (16%)
  • Cyclist73 (9.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant17 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (1.5%)
  • Van occupant11 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant4 (0.5%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Blythe Bridge road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Blythe Bridge, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Blythe Bridge peaked at 31 in 1985; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025710
202458
202356
202200
202111
202022
201911
201823
201733
201646
201568
20141013
20131417
20121010
201177
201044
2009911
20081215
20071420
20061319
20051421
20041314
20031724
20021423
20011622
20001314
19991217
19981014
19971014
199669
19951124
19941521
19931115
1992811
19911818
19901419
19891823
19881418
19871826
19861516
19853140
19842838
19832332
19821925
19811825
19802026
19791622

Map of recent crashes in Blythe Bridge

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Blythe Bridge

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Blythe Bridge

The 24 most recent collisions in Blythe Bridge happened between 23 November 2017 and 9 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Blythe Bridge

The A521 has the most collisions in Blythe Bridge, 383 of 551 (70%), followed by the A50 (46).

Collisions in Blythe Bridge on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA521383515364
2ndA50466509
3rdB5029273502

Council areas covering Blythe Bridge

Collisions in Blythe Bridge were recorded in 3 council areas. The Staffordshire Moorlands has 412 of 551 (75%).

Collisions in Blythe Bridge by council area, 1979 to 2025
RankCouncil areaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stStaffordshire Moorlands412524270
2ndStafford124193117
3rdStoke-on-Trent121401

Postcode district for Blythe Bridge

Of the 551 collisions in Blythe Bridge, 550 (99.8%) were in the ST11 postcode district.