Road crashes in Wyre Forest

5,389 recorded collisions since 2000.

Wyre Forest has recorded 5,389 road collisions since 2000, 108 of them fatal and 872 causing serious injury. That makes it the 290th-busiest of 352 local authorities in Great Britain for recorded collisions. Around 18% caused death or serious injury. Its fatal rate of 20 per 1,000 collisions sits above the Great Britain average of 13.6. Numbers have fallen by about 65% since 2000, from 363 to 127 in 2024. The A456 is the most affected road locally, with 830 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.