Road crashes in Lichfield

6,542 recorded collisions since 2000.

Lichfield has recorded 6,542 road collisions since 2000, 126 of them fatal and 549 causing serious injury. That makes it the 250th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 10% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 19.3 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 68% since 2000, from 428 to 138 in 2024. The A38 is the most affected road locally, with 851 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.