Road crashes in Sandwell

19,579 recorded collisions since 2000.

Sandwell has recorded 19,579 road collisions since 2000, 188 of them fatal and 2,663 causing serious injury. That makes it the 45th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 15% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 9.6 per 1,000 collisions sits below the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 50% since 2000, from 1,240 to 614 in 2024. The A457 is the most affected road locally, with 1,159 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.