Crap Towns / Sandwell / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Sandwell?
In 2025-26, 2% of Sandwell council's A roads, 2% of its B and C roads and 22% of its unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance. Across England the figures were 4%, 6% and 16%. Ten years earlier, in 2015-16, the figures were 5%, 6% and 13%.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 5% | 6% | 13% |
| 2016-17 | 4% | 4% | 15% |
| 2017-18 | 2% | 2% | 16% |
| 2018-19 | 2% | 2% | 15% |
| 2019-20 | 3% | 2% | 15% |
| 2020-21 | 3% | 3% | 17% |
| 2021-22 | 2% | 3% | 18% |
| 2022-23 | 2% | 2% | 19% |
| 2023-24 | 2% | 2% | 22% |
| 2024-25 | 2% | 2% | 23% |
| 2025-26 | 2% | 2% | 22% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton | 3% | 2% | 27% |
| Sandwell | 2% | 2% | 22% |
| Walsall | 1% | 1% | 21% |
| Dudley | 1% | 2% | 18% |
| Birmingham | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Across England | 4% | 6% | 16% |