The A435: where people are seriously hurt
Over 2021–2025, 107 people were killed or seriously injured in 96 collisions on the A435, making it the 129th worst numbered road in Britain by that measure.
96
serious or fatal collisions
107
people killed or seriously injured
5
collisions that took a life
#129
of 150 numbered roads
What the record shows
The A435 carries 337 recorded injury collisions over the period, 96 of them serious or fatal. Serious injury concentrates in Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Stratford-on-Avon, with 3 further areas also recording collisions. Its fatal share, 5%, sits close to the 7% average for the numbered network. Most collisions were recorded on 30 mph sections. The worst year of the period was 2022 with 25 serious collisions, and the count is down 27% between 2021 and 2025.
Every serious and fatal collision on the A435
Blue markers are serious collisions, red crosses fatal. Click any marker for the year. Zoom in to see the specific junctions and stretches where they cluster.
Where along the route
- Birmingham34 KSI
- Bromsgrove16 KSI
- Stratford-on-Avon16 KSI
- Cheltenham12 KSI
- Tewkesbury9 KSI
- Cotswold9 KSI
Local authority areas with the most serious collisions on this road.
The trend
Serious and fatal collisions on the A435
2025: 16 (down 33.3% on the year before) · peak 25 in 2022 · -27.3% across the period
Axis clipped to the data range to show year-on-year movement.
About the A435
How many accidents happen on the A435?
Police recorded 337 injury collisions on the A435 over 2021–2025, of which 96 were fatal or serious. Those serious collisions left 107 people killed or seriously injured, including 5 fatal collisions.
Is the A435 a dangerous road?
By volume of serious injury it ranks 129 of the 150 numbered roads we analyse, and 119 among a roads. That is a count rather than a rate: longer and busier roads accumulate more collisions, so a high ranking reflects exposure as well as risk.
Where on the A435 do collisions happen?
They concentrate in Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Stratford-on-Avon. The map on this page plots every serious and fatal collision recorded on the route, so you can see the specific stretches rather than the total.
Counts include every collision the police recorded on this road number across all authority areas. They are not adjusted for traffic volume or road length, so treat them as a measure of where injury concentrates rather than a per-mile risk rating. Method. Free to reuse with attribution to this page.
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