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Essington road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 128 road traffic collisions in Essington, South Staffordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 177 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, none were fatal and 17 were serious.

No collisions were recorded in 2025, after 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
128
2,493rd of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
177
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Serious collisions
17
21 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
0
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
0
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Essington

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious1713%
  • Slight11187%

What the data shows

  • Essington had 11 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 69% fewer than the 36 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Essington were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 41 children under 16 were killed or injured in Essington, 23% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 43% of collisions in Essington.

Where Essington ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,493rd
Most casualties
2,443rd
Most fatal collisions
None
Most serious collisions
2,788th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday9 (7%)
  • Tuesday22 (17%)
  • Wednesday19 (15%)
  • Thursday20 (16%)
  • Friday28 (22%)
  • Saturday17 (13%)
  • Sunday13 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight93 (73%)
  • Dark, street lights lit31 (24%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.3%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway124 (97%)
  • Roundabout2 (1.6%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.8%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.8%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph121 (95%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph5 (3.9%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds100 (78%)
  • Raining, no high winds22 (17%)
  • Fine with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (1.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant102 (58%)
  • Pedestrian31 (18%)
  • Motorcyclist23 (13%)
  • Cyclist8 (4.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (2.3%)
  • Van occupant4 (2.3%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.6%)
  • Mobility scooter rider1 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Essington road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Essington, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Essington peaked at 9 in 1982; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202411
202313
202211
202134
202011
201911
201800
201725
201611
201533
201444
201333
201225
201135
201058
200945
200834
200758
200645
200522
200412
200356
200233
200122
2000714
199933
199825
199746
199600
199545
199455
199345
199237
199135
199023
198900
198833
198700
198656
198522
198467
198322
1982912
198111
198000
197934

Map of recent crashes in Essington

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Essington

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Essington

The 24 most recent collisions in Essington happened between 21 December 2011 and 27 September 2024.

Severity

Crashes by road in Essington

The B4156 has the most collisions in Essington, 62 of 128 (48%), followed by the A462 (12).

Collisions in Essington on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB41566285014
2ndA462121801

Council area for Essington

Essington is in South Staffordshire, where police recorded 19,740 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Essington accounts for 0.6% of them.

Postcode district for Essington

All 128 collisions in Essington were in the WV11 postcode district.