Road crashes in South Staffordshire

8,179 recorded collisions since 2000.

South Staffordshire has recorded 8,179 road collisions since 2000, 164 of them fatal and 776 causing serious injury. That makes it the 181st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 11% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 20.1 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 66% since 2000, from 549 to 184 in 2024. The M6 is the most affected road locally, with 1,305 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.