Road crashes in Stafford

9,421 recorded collisions since 2000.

Stafford has recorded 9,421 road collisions since 2000, 178 of them fatal and 841 causing serious injury. That makes it the 151st-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 11% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 18.9 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 63% since 2000, from 617 to 227 in 2024. The M6 is the most affected road locally, with 1,375 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.