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Much Wenlock road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 113 road traffic collisions in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 148 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 29 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 3 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
113
2,656th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
148
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
29
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
3
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
5
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Much Wenlock

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.7%
  • Serious2926%
  • Slight8172%

What the data shows

  • Much Wenlock had 17 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 31% more than the 13 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 28% of collisions in Much Wenlock were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 18 children under 16 were killed or injured in Much Wenlock, 12% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 42% of collisions in Much Wenlock.

Where Much Wenlock ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,656th
Most casualties
2,677th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,370th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (19%)
  • Tuesday16 (14%)
  • Wednesday16 (14%)
  • Thursday14 (12%)
  • Friday15 (13%)
  • Saturday17 (15%)
  • Sunday14 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight93 (82%)
  • Dark, street lights lit16 (14%)
  • Dark, no street lighting3 (2.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.9%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway109 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.7%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph107 (95%)
  • 40 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph5 (4.4%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds90 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds14 (12%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (3.5%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.7%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant100 (68%)
  • Pedestrian21 (14%)
  • Motorcyclist18 (12%)
  • Cyclist6 (4.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.7%)
  • Horse rider1 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant1 (0.7%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Much Wenlock road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Much Wenlock, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Much Wenlock peaked at 9 in 1994; 2025 had 3.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202535
202411
202300
202236
202100
202036
201922
201822
201722
201611
201500
201411
201311
201200
201123
201011
200922
200812
200722
200633
200569
200444
200300
200211
200168
200000
199944
199822
199700
199611
199544
1994914
199344
199244
199145
199023
198937
198857
198724
198622
198511
198433
198368
198233
198123
198046
197911

Map of recent crashes in Much Wenlock

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Much Wenlock

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Much Wenlock

The 24 most recent collisions in Much Wenlock happened between 25 March 2009 and 31 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Much Wenlock

The A458 has the most collisions in Much Wenlock, 50 of 113 (44%), followed by the A4169 (25).

Collisions in Much Wenlock on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4585065317
2ndA4169253101
3rdB4378101404
4thB43768802
5thB43716901

Council area for Much Wenlock

Much Wenlock is in Shropshire, where police recorded 41,475 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Much Wenlock accounts for 0.3% of them.

Postcode district for Much Wenlock

All 113 collisions in Much Wenlock were in the TF13 postcode district.