Road crashes in Cannock Chase

5,107 recorded collisions since 2000.

Cannock Chase has recorded 5,107 road collisions since 2000, 60 of them fatal and 461 causing serious injury. That makes it the 302nd-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 10% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 11.7 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 64% since 2000, from 314 to 114 in 2024. The A460 is the most affected road locally, with 748 collisions.

Figures cover collisions reported to police (STATS19) from 2000 onward; severity definitions changed over time, so treat long-range trends with care. Source: DfT STATS19, Open Government Licence v3.0.