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Rawnsley road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 160 road traffic collisions in Rawnsley, Cannock Chase, from 1979 to 2025, and 210 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
160
2,190th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
210
1.31 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
3 people killed
Serious collisions
27
29 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
1
0 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
1
0 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Rawnsley

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal31.9%
  • Serious2717%
  • Slight13081%

What the data shows

  • Rawnsley had 7 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 84% fewer than the 44 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 19% of collisions in Rawnsley were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 35 children under 16 were killed or injured in Rawnsley, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Rawnsley.

Where Rawnsley ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,190th
Most casualties
2,210th
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,450th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23 (14%)
  • Tuesday28 (18%)
  • Wednesday19 (12%)
  • Thursday16 (10%)
  • Friday36 (23%)
  • Saturday17 (11%)
  • Sunday21 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight111 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit43 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1.3%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (1.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway154 (96%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (1.9%)
  • One way street or slip road3 (1.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph147 (92%)
  • 40 mph4 (2.5%)
  • 60 mph7 (4.4%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.3%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds126 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds19 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2.5%)
  • Fog or mist2 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.6%)
  • Other5 (3.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant126 (60%)
  • Pedestrian31 (15%)
  • Motorcyclist30 (14%)
  • Cyclist10 (4.8%)
  • Van occupant10 (4.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant1 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)1 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.5%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Rawnsley road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Rawnsley, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Rawnsley peaked at 8 in 2006; 2025 had 1.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 1
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202511
202400
202300
202200
202111
202000
201911
201800
201711
201633
201500
201444
201345
201258
201123
201057
200944
2008710
200759
2006810
2005814
200477
200345
200234
200111
200059
199922
199834
199769
199667
199558
199422
199300
199266
199168
199022
198933
198823
198766
198678
198533
198457
198324
198268
198144
198022
197937

Map of recent crashes in Rawnsley

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Rawnsley

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Rawnsley

The 24 most recent collisions in Rawnsley happened between 22 September 2010 and 9 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Rawnsley

Of the 160 collisions in Rawnsley, 1 was on the A460.

Collisions in Rawnsley on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4601100

Council area for Rawnsley

Rawnsley is in Cannock Chase, where police recorded 12,393 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Rawnsley accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Rawnsley

All 160 collisions in Rawnsley were in the WS12 postcode district.