Sandwell Council vehicles involved in 100 crashes during last two years
Council vehicles were involved in more than 100 crashes in Sandwell during the last two years, it has been revealed.
Four people were hurt as Sandwell Council workers had a crash every week on average.
Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act showed there had been dozens of bumps.
There were 54 collisions in 2015/16 and another 52 in 2016/17.
Cars and vans involved were from a range of council departments, including children's services, adults' services and neighbourhoods.
Incidents included crashes with other vehicles and stationary objects.
The most serious incidents came on Bromford Road, West Bromwich, Hallam Street, West Bromwich, the slip road onto the A41 and off the Oldbury Ringway which resulted in injuries.
There were collisions on other major roads, including the M6, Birmingham New Road and Wolverhampton Road.
However, no-one was hurt in the vast majority of the crashes.
All the incidents logged in the data resulted in claims for damage caused, though not all against the authority.
Sandwell Council said its workers were not at fault for all of the crashes.
The figures went up to the end of January 2017 and showed there had already been five incidents in the first month of the year.
They were in Lower City Road, Tividale, the A41 junction with the M5 slip road, Coxs Lane, Cradley Heath, Batmans Hill Road, Tipton and McKean Road, Oldbury.
Darren Carter, Sandwell Council's executive director for resources, said: "Unfortunately accidents do happen and like all councils we have a large fleet, with more than 500 vehicles across our services and a lot of staff on the road."
Collisions have continued to happen involving the council fleet and the latest figures come after it was revealed last year the authority had paid out more than £650,000 following crashes between 2010 and 2015. The highest single payout was in 2013-14 which was £24,514.04 for a crash.
