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Wombourne road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 771 road traffic collisions in Wombourne, South Staffordshire, from 1979 to 2025, and 997 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 10 were fatal and 87 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 6 collisions, down from 7 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
771
895th highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
997
1.29 per collision
Fatal collisions
10
10 people killed
Serious collisions
87
100 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
6
7 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
6
10 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Wombourne

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal101.3%
  • Serious8711%
  • Slight67487%

What the data shows

  • Wombourne had 53 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 63% fewer than the 144 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 13% of collisions in Wombourne were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 168 children under 16 were killed or injured in Wombourne, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Wombourne.

Where Wombourne ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
895th
Most casualties
884th
Most fatal collisions
849th
Most serious collisions
1,240th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday95 (12%)
  • Tuesday114 (15%)
  • Wednesday104 (13%)
  • Thursday121 (16%)
  • Friday129 (17%)
  • Saturday119 (15%)
  • Sunday89 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight529 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit206 (27%)
  • Dark, no street lighting29 (3.8%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown4 (0.5%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit3 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway707 (92%)
  • One way street or slip road31 (4%)
  • Dual carriageway22 (2.9%)
  • Roundabout3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded8 (1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph555 (72%)
  • 40 mph124 (16%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.1%)
  • 60 mph82 (11%)
  • 70 mph9 (1.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds607 (79%)
  • Raining, no high winds107 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds6 (0.8%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.3%)
  • Other29 (3.8%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant529 (53%)
  • Pedestrian193 (19%)
  • Motorcyclist119 (12%)
  • Cyclist105 (11%)
  • Van occupant22 (2.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant12 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (1.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.3%)
  • Other vehicle occupant2 (0.2%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Wombourne road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wombourne, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Wombourne peaked at 44 in 1989; 2025 had 6.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 6
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202566
2024710
202366
202224
202145
202033
201958
201889
2017710
201655
201579
20141519
20131117
2012710
20111518
20102125
20091417
20081214
20071823
20062427
20052026
20041927
20031113
20021632
20011218
20001618
19991619
19982027
19971016
19962529
1995810
19942327
19932127
19923139
19912325
19902130
19894456
19882832
19872025
19862536
19852133
19842527
19832133
19823137
19812333
19802432
19792025

Map of recent crashes in Wombourne

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Wombourne

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Wombourne

The 24 most recent collisions in Wombourne happened between 8 March 2021 and 23 October 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Wombourne

The B4176 has the most collisions in Wombourne, 120 of 771 (16%), followed by the A449 (60).

Collisions in Wombourne on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4176120186118
2ndA4496010939

Council area for Wombourne

Wombourne is in South Staffordshire, where police recorded 19,740 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Wombourne accounts for 3.9% of them.

Postcode districts in Wombourne

Collisions in Wombourne were recorded in 3 postcode districts, led by WV5 (748) and WV4 (17).