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Location from the National Highways junction reference. Nearest towns: Coleshill, Sutton Coldfield, Tamworth, Atherstone.
Wider area: counting every road within 3 miles — local streets, A-roads, everything — 392 collisions are on record, 17 of them fatal. That figure follows how built-up the area is, so it is shown for context and is not what the ranking uses.
Department for Transport STATS19 police collision records on the M42 itself, within 2 miles of J9. This is the free summary — the full breakdown by severity, weather, road surface, time of day and individual record is in the blackspot report.
📊 Full collision analysis for M42 J9 → 1 of 11 junctions on the M42 · see where it ranks nationallyM42 J9 is at Tamworth & Ashby-de-la-Zouch. National Highways signs it as Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The nearest town is Coleshill.
Live incidents for the whole M42 are listed on the M42 traffic page, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
Police STATS19 records show 42 collisions on the M42 within 2 miles of J9, including 2 fatal and 10 serious. Counting every road in the area, 392 collisions are recorded within 3 miles. That ranks it 104 of 554 UK junctions we hold collision records for.
Live incidents, roadworks and delays for the whole M42, updated every 5 minutes from National Highways.
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