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Upper Tean road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 202 road traffic collisions in Upper Tean, Staffordshire Moorlands, from 1979 to 2025, and 269 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 35 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2 collisions, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
202
1,940th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
269
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Serious collisions
35
38 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Upper Tean

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal21%
  • Serious3517%
  • Slight16582%

What the data shows

  • Upper Tean had 20 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 36 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 18% of collisions in Upper Tean were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 54 children under 16 were killed or injured in Upper Tean, 20% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 38% of collisions in Upper Tean.

Where Upper Tean ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,940th
Most casualties
1,931st
Most fatal collisions
2,109th
Most serious collisions
2,148th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday34 (17%)
  • Tuesday28 (14%)
  • Wednesday25 (12%)
  • Thursday34 (17%)
  • Friday31 (15%)
  • Saturday34 (17%)
  • Sunday16 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight152 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit46 (23%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown2 (1%)
  • Dark, no street lighting2 (1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway196 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway2 (1%)
  • One way street or slip road1 (0.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.5%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph169 (84%)
  • 40 mph5 (2.5%)
  • 60 mph27 (13%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds159 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds27 (13%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (2%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.5%)
  • Raining with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.5%)
  • Other5 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded3 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant137 (51%)
  • Pedestrian44 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (16%)
  • Cyclist26 (9.7%)
  • Van occupant9 (3.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.9%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)3 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.4%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Upper Tean road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Upper Tean, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Upper Tean peaked at 9 in 2001; 2025 had 2.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202311
202223
202113
202011
201945
201822
201733
201635
201524
201433
201369
201200
201147
2010710
200979
200834
200723
200622
200569
200444
200347
200248
2001913
200045
199999
199867
199723
199644
199557
199433
199356
199222
199167
1990811
1989910
198855
198755
198644
198511
1984910
198344
1982811
1981714
198045
1979918

Map of recent crashes in Upper Tean

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Upper Tean

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Upper Tean

The 24 most recent collisions in Upper Tean happened between 28 February 2014 and 29 November 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Upper Tean

The A522 has the most collisions in Upper Tean, 81 of 202 (40%), followed by the A50 (24).

Collisions in Upper Tean on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA52281112113
2ndA50244006
3rdA5213300

Council area for Upper Tean

Upper Tean is in the Staffordshire Moorlands, where police recorded 15,138 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Upper Tean accounts for 1.3% of them.

Postcode district for Upper Tean

All 202 collisions in Upper Tean were in the ST10 postcode district.