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Wetley Rocks road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 117 road traffic collisions in Wetley Rocks, Staffordshire Moorlands, from 1979 to 2025, and 180 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 3 were fatal and 17 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 4 February 2017.

Collisions since 1979
117
2,617th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
180
1.54 per collision
Fatal collisions
3
4 people killed
Serious collisions
17
24 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
4 Feb 2017
Busiest year
1983
6 collisions

Road collision statistics for Wetley Rocks

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal32.6%
  • Serious1715%
  • Slight9783%

What the data shows

  • Wetley Rocks had 4 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 81% fewer than the 21 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 17% of collisions in Wetley Rocks were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 19 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wetley Rocks, 11% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in Wetley Rocks.

Where Wetley Rocks ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,617th
Most casualties
2,421st
Most fatal collisions
1,791st
Most serious collisions
2,788th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday17 (15%)
  • Tuesday15 (13%)
  • Wednesday21 (18%)
  • Thursday20 (17%)
  • Friday18 (15%)
  • Saturday14 (12%)
  • Sunday12 (10%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight75 (64%)
  • Dark, street lights lit29 (25%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (7.7%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (3.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway113 (97%)
  • Dual carriageway1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph62 (53%)
  • 50 mph5 (4.3%)
  • 60 mph47 (40%)
  • 70 mph2 (1.7%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds89 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (17%)
  • Fog or mist3 (2.6%)
  • Snowing, no high winds2 (1.7%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.9%)
  • Other1 (0.9%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.9%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant128 (71%)
  • Motorcyclist22 (12%)
  • Bus or coach occupant9 (5%)
  • Pedestrian9 (5%)
  • Cyclist4 (2.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (2.2%)
  • Van occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.6%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant1 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wetley Rocks road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wetley Rocks, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wetley Rocks peaked at 6 in 1983; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202300
202200
202100
202000
201900
201800
201712
201633
201514
201412
201311
201233
201112
201034
200935
200823
200744
200624
200523
200411
200337
200244
200157
200046
199946
199845
199712
199636
199533
199445
199322
199234
199158
199057
198911
198828
198737
198657
1985510
198412
198368
1982610
198122
198046
197946

Map of recent crashes in Wetley Rocks

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wetley Rocks

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wetley Rocks

The 24 most recent collisions in Wetley Rocks happened between 6 December 2006 and 4 February 2017.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wetley Rocks

The A520 has the most collisions in Wetley Rocks, 81 of 117 (69%), followed by the A522 (30).

Collisions in Wetley Rocks on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA52081124214
2ndA522304103

Council area for Wetley Rocks

Wetley Rocks is in the Staffordshire Moorlands, where police recorded 15,138 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wetley Rocks accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode districts in Wetley Rocks

Collisions in Wetley Rocks were recorded in 2 postcode districts, led by ST9 (108) and ST13 (9).