Sandwell Borough Council

Reports

• Most slip road lighting doesn't work

  M6, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B43 6HE, United Kingdom. Closed 11:36, 31 Oct 2025, last updated 11:57, Monday

• Elevated section Expansion Joints shocking car suspension

  Tame Valley Viaduct, Angelica Close, Yew Tree, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, WS5 4RP, United Kingdom. Closed 14:37, 23 Oct 2025, last updated 12:17, 24 Oct 2025

• Horrendous island

  Birchley Island, Birchfield, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 2AG, United Kingdom. Closed 05:26, 23 Oct 2025, last updated 13:11, 23 Oct 2025

• Horrendous island

  Birchley Island, Birchfield, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 2AG, United Kingdom. Closed 05:26, 23 Oct 2025, last updated 12:56, 23 Oct 2025

• Advertising signs far too bright

  M5, Charlemont, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B71 3SX, United Kingdom. Closed 22:25, 4 Oct 2025, last updated 15:18, 6 Oct 2025

• Deep pothole

  M5, Bird End, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B71 3QH, United Kingdom. Closed 00:06, 6 Oct 2025, last updated 13:38, 6 Oct 2025

• Litter J7

  M6, Hamstead, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B43 6NQ, United Kingdom. Closed 22:20, 4 Oct 2025, last updated 11:14, 6 Oct 2025

• Black bags as well as other items

  Titford Pools Viaduct, M5, Titford, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4RJ, United Kingdom. Closed 14:48, 16 Sep 2025, last updated 11:17, 19 Sep 2025

• Large sharp edged pothole

  M5, Yew Tree, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B71 3QS, United Kingdom. Closed 18:16, 6 Sep 2025, last updated 15:23, 8 Sep 2025

• Debris falling from Bridge Column

  M5 Oldbury Viaduct, St Pauls Road, Galton Village, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B66 1QW, United Kingdom. Closed 09:14, 2 Sep 2025, last updated 10:48, 8 Sep 2025

• A sandbag located on fast lane, near 4215 lightpost

  Titford Pools Viaduct, Swan Bridge, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4QW, United Kingdom. Fixed 09:02, 29 Aug 2025, last updated 21:54, 29 Aug 2025

• Expansion joints on raised section of M6 through Birmingham are in a dangerous state of repair liable to cause vehicle damage & a hazard to safe driving

  M6, Hamstead, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B43 6HA, United Kingdom. Closed 07:51, 25 Aug 2025, last updated 14:09, 26 Aug 2025

• Litter on the verge of the slip road

  M5, Galton Village, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 6BU, United Kingdom. Closed 08:55, 1 Aug 2025, last updated 10:02, 4 Aug 2025

• Multiple lights not working

  Oldbury Roundabout, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4LT, United Kingdom. Closed 00:10, 30 Jul 2025, last updated 07:54, 30 Jul 2025

• Wooden broom end on M6 juat before jct 8

  M5, Charlemont, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B71 3SX, United Kingdom. Closed 10:23, 28 Jul 2025, last updated 18:47, 28 Jul 2025

• Pothole lane 1

  M5, Yew Tree, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B71 3QS, United Kingdom. Closed 11:57, 20 Jul 2025, last updated 08:29, 24 Jul 2025

• M6 Junction 8 - M5 motorway merger -southbound up to the approach of Junction 2 M5.

  M5, West Bromwich, B71 3RT. 12:39, 24 Nov 2020, last updated 11:31, 6 Jul 2025

• Incorrect speed limits signs

  M6, Great Barr, B43 7ST, England, United Kingdom. 18:00, 8 Oct 2022, last updated 10:59, 6 Jul 2025

• Overgrown grass, restricted vision, entry to M6 slip Rd

  Great Barr Interchange, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B43 6HD, United Kingdom. Closed 06:41, 3 Jul 2025, last updated 18:56, 3 Jul 2025

• Graffiti on roadside

  M5, Yew Tree, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B71 3QS, United Kingdom. Closed 19:24, 28 Jun 2025, last updated 10:47, 30 Jun 2025

• M5 litter

  Titford Pools Urban Reserve Park, M5, Titford, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4RJ, United Kingdom. Closed 19:29, 28 Jun 2025, last updated 10:14, 30 Jun 2025

• M5 litter central reservation

  M5, Bird End, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 6TH, United Kingdom. Closed 19:26, 28 Jun 2025, last updated 10:13, 30 Jun 2025

• Car exhaust between j2-j1 northbound on M5

  M5, J&P Lewis (Metals) Ltd, Blakeley Hall, Oldbury, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 7JR, United Kingdom. Fixed 18:19, 16 Jun 2025, last updated 09:22, 23 Jun 2025

• M6 Litter as usual

  M5, Bird End, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 6TH, United Kingdom. 21:55, 30 May 2025

• M5 Southbound between J1 & J2 marking just before marking 1234

  M5, J&P Lewis (Metals) Ltd, Blakeley Hall, Oldbury, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 7JR, United Kingdom. Closed 22:04, 22 May 2025, last updated 10:51, 27 May 2025

• Lots of litter

  Ashwood Close, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4SD, United Kingdom. Closed 12:24, 17 May 2025, last updated 10:29, 19 May 2025

• Drainage blocked

  M5, J&P Lewis (Metals) Ltd, Blakeley Hall, Oldbury, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 7JR, United Kingdom. Closed 16:00, 15 May 2025, last updated 13:34, 16 May 2025

• Leak under road surface

  Penncricket Lane, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B65 0RJ, United Kingdom. Closed 08:17, 10 May 2025, last updated 11:20, 13 May 2025

• Graffiti on m5 j1 road signs

  Birmingham Road, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 6BU, United Kingdom. 19:42, 30 Nov 2024, last updated 16:28, 5 May 2025

• Pothole M5 southbound Between Jct 1 and jct 2

  M5, J&P Lewis (Metals) Ltd, Blakeley Hall, Oldbury, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 7JR, United Kingdom. 07:40, 15 Apr 2025

• Bridge concrete

  Cakemore Road, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B65 0RB, United Kingdom. Closed 12:25, 5 Apr 2025, last updated 09:45, 14 Apr 2025

• Car bonnett in the middle lane

  Newton Road, Bird End, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B71 3SX, United Kingdom. Closed 18:52, 5 Apr 2025, last updated 12:46, 7 Apr 2025

• Spalled concrete

  Wilderness Lane, Hamstead, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B43 6NG, United Kingdom. Closed 13:53, 22 Mar 2025, last updated 10:39, 24 Mar 2025

• Lorry loads of house clearance debris tipped

  Swan Bridge, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4QW, United Kingdom. Closed 07:29, 11 Mar 2025, last updated 11:01, 12 Mar 2025

• Flytipping and dusty clumps of vegetation

  Oldbury Roundabout, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4LT, United Kingdom. Closed 16:57, 8 Mar 2025, last updated 10:26, 10 Mar 2025

• Furniture debris flytipped below M5 at Titford Lane, Oldbury, by the pools

  Swan Bridge, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4QW, United Kingdom. Closed 09:43, 6 Mar 2025, last updated 16:01, 7 Mar 2025

• Lots of litter in the motorway embankment

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 6BU, United Kingdom. Closed 16:37, 4 Mar 2025, last updated 08:33, 5 Mar 2025

• Lot of little on embankments

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 6BU, United Kingdom. Closed 16:39, 11 Feb 2025, last updated 13:23, 12 Feb 2025

• Pothole

  M6, Hamstead, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B43 6QB, United Kingdom. 05:34, 4 Feb 2025

• Pothole

  M5, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4RJ, United Kingdom. Closed 07:54, 27 Jan 2025, last updated 11:50, 27 Jan 2025

• M6 expansion joints of elevated section in north and southboud carriageways

  Tame Valley Viaduct, M6, The Delves, Walsall, West Midlands, England, WS5 4QF, United Kingdom. Closed 22:42, 22 Jan 2025, last updated 09:57, 24 Jan 2025

• Missing streetlighting

  Oldbury Roundabout, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B69 4LT, United Kingdom. Closed 23:02, 19 Jan 2025, last updated 13:14, 21 Jan 2025

• Fencing panels missing and gaps in most panels on m5 link road

  M5, Yew Tree, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B71 3QS, United Kingdom. Closed 13:11, 15 Jan 2025, last updated 11:04, 17 Jan 2025

• Uneven surface

  M6, Hamstead, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B43 6HQ, United Kingdom. Closed 05:50, 3 Jan 2025, last updated 08:31, 7 Jan 2025

• Pothole

  M5, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B65 0QU, United Kingdom. Closed 16:40, 31 Dec 2024, last updated 08:43, 2 Jan 2025

• Leaning pine tree

  M5, West Smethwick, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 6QX, United Kingdom. Closed 08:44, 10 Dec 2024, last updated 08:25, 16 Dec 2024

• Graffiti on bridge over m5 near junction 1 over sandwell valley

  M5, Bird End, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 6TH, United Kingdom. Closed 19:40, 30 Nov 2024, last updated 10:40, 3 Dec 2024

• Distracting advertising

  Spon Lane Works, Houghton Street, West Smethwick, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B70 6BW, United Kingdom. Closed 20:47, 26 Nov 2024, last updated 15:56, 27 Nov 2024

• Several large potholes

  M5, Bird End, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B71 3QH, United Kingdom. Closed 05:48, 25 Nov 2024, last updated 08:39, 25 Nov 2024

• Ravensden Road, Bedford. The electronic speed indicator sign is not working correctly.

  M6, Hamstead, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B43 7ST, United Kingdom. Closed 20:08, 12 Nov 2024, last updated 08:02, 14 Nov 2024

• Incorrect speed displayed

  M6, Hamstead, Sandwell, West Midlands, England, B43 7ST, United Kingdom. Closed 14:35, 11 Nov 2024, last updated 11:00, 12 Nov 2024

• The pedestrian bridge just before J1 J exit slip southbound

  . Closed 12:11, 4 Nov 2024, last updated 11:18, 5 Nov 2024

• Graffiti on bridge support

  M5, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B65 0RA, United Kingdom. Closed 19:28, 2 Oct 2024, last updated 14:52, 3 Oct 2024

• Graffiti on signage

  M5, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B65 0RA, United Kingdom. 19:26, 2 Oct 2024

• Graffiti on signage to wolverhampton

  M5, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B65 0RA, United Kingdom. Closed 08:17, 1 Oct 2024, last updated 14:37, 1 Oct 2024

• Graffii on bridge

  Newton Road, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B71 3SX, United Kingdom. Closed 08:16, 1 Oct 2024, last updated 14:27, 1 Oct 2024

• Blocked drain or poor drainage

  M5, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B71 3SU, United Kingdom. Closed 08:32, 26 Sep 2024, last updated 16:56, 26 Sep 2024

• Pothole

  Titford Road, Titford, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4QN, United Kingdom. 08:32, 26 Sep 2024

• Crash barriers knocked down

  West Bromwich Interchange, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6RS, United Kingdom. Closed 07:21, 25 Sep 2024, last updated 15:18, 25 Sep 2024

• Traffic merging obscure variable speed limit.

  Tame Valley Viaduct, Snapdragon Drive, Yew Tree, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, WS5 4RF, United Kingdom. Closed 19:08, 13 Sep 2024, last updated 15:35, 16 Sep 2024

• M5 post 10.5 B sign above info board not working

  M5, The Ashes, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B65 0RA, United Kingdom. 20:18, 19 Aug 2024

• Traffic light obscured by tree

  Oldbury Roundabout, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, United Kingdom. Closed 15:32, 22 Jul 2024, last updated 12:49, 25 Jul 2024

• Cyclist on motorway hard shoulder

  M5, Yew Tree, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B43 6JA, United Kingdom. Closed 13:39, 6 Jul 2024, last updated 13:14, 12 Jul 2024

• Dangerous road conditions

  Titford Road, Titford, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4QN, United Kingdom. Closed 10:51, 18 Jun 2024, last updated 14:58, 18 Jun 2024

• M5 junction 2 Northbound lane 3 (right hand lane)

  Oldbury Roundabout, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4LT, United Kingdom. 08:45, 13 Jun 2024

• Lane 2

  Titford Road, Titford, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4QN, United Kingdom. Closed 13:51, 29 May 2024, last updated 15:22, 29 May 2024

• Litter and general debris

  M5, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4RJ, United Kingdom. Closed 23:34, 21 May 2024, last updated 07:54, 23 May 2024

• Electronic advertising message board

  M5, Birchfield, Blakeley Hall, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6BW, United Kingdom. 23:23, 14 May 2024, last updated 07:47, 15 May 2024

• Damaged electrical cable casing

  Wolverhampton Road, Birchley Island Retail Park, Jarvis, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4RJ, United Kingdom. 16:59, 9 Apr 2024, last updated 06:39, 14 May 2024

• Overgrown trees/ bushes

  M5, Springfield Industrial Estate, Birchfield, Blakeley Hall, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4FN, United Kingdom. Closed 00:12, 5 May 2024, last updated 09:43, 9 May 2024

• Litter before marker post M5 B 3.0

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6TQ, United Kingdom. Closed 09:15, 3 May 2024, last updated 13:23, 7 May 2024

• Street light replacement west Bromwich

  M5, Birchfield, Blakeley Hall, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6BW, United Kingdom. 16:22, 1 May 2024, last updated 13:02, 2 May 2024

• Thay are wan out

  West Bromwich Interchange, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B71 4JW, United Kingdom. 16:20, 1 May 2024

• Deceased cat

  M6, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B43 7AB, United Kingdom. Closed 20:25, 22 Apr 2024, last updated 11:54, 1 May 2024

• Pothole

  M6, Hamstead, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B43 6NQ, United Kingdom. Closed 07:58, 25 Apr 2024, last updated 11:35, 26 Apr 2024

• Pothole 3rd lane M5 past junction 2 northbound

  M5, Birchfield, Oldbury, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4JX, United Kingdom. Closed 08:12, 9 Apr 2024, last updated 07:49, 12 Apr 2024

• Graffiti on multiple 6mph signs

  Oldbury Ringway, Birchfield, Oldbury, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 2RW, United Kingdom. 13:18, 7 Apr 2024, last updated 10:28, 10 Apr 2024

• Big potholes in 1st lane all along the interchange from m6 to m5 north, further along there’s a very large pothole that’s deep and dangerous

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6TQ, United Kingdom. Closed 09:37, 30 Mar 2024, last updated 15:54, 5 Apr 2024

• Collapses and Damaged Drain cover

  25 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, B70 6RR. 15:16, 18 Sep 2022, last updated 07:44, 19 Mar 2024

• Pothole emerging M5 Jct 2 to jct1

  Oldbury Ringway, Birchfield, Oldbury, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 2RW, United Kingdom. 12:57, 18 Mar 2024

• Pot holes in second lane when going southbound on M5 as you enter from M6.

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6TQ, United Kingdom. 08:10, 15 Mar 2024

• Potholes in lane 2 M5 southbound after junction 2

  M5, Titford, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4RJ, United Kingdom. 08:10, 15 Mar 2024

• M5 sb j1

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6TQ, United Kingdom. Closed 23:37, 11 Mar 2024, last updated 13:23, 14 Mar 2024

• Powder spillage on road

  Great Barr Interchange, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B43 7AD, United Kingdom. Closed 12:54, 6 Mar 2024, last updated 13:10, 8 Mar 2024

• Lots of litter

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6RB, United Kingdom. 15:33, 25 Feb 2024, last updated 11:12, 29 Feb 2024

• Pothole

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6TQ, United Kingdom. 16:54, 18 Feb 2024, last updated 16:19, 23 Feb 2024

• Debris on carriageway plus pothole

  M5, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4RJ, United Kingdom. 19:04, 22 Feb 2024, last updated 19:42, 22 Feb 2024

• Pothole

  Oldbury Roundabout, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4LT, United Kingdom. 12:21, 11 Feb 2024, last updated 18:31, 17 Feb 2024

• Very Large potholes on slip road to enter M5 at junction 2 towards Halesowen.

  991 Wolverhampton Road, Langley, B69 4RJ, England, United Kingdom. 21:05, 3 Feb 2023, last updated 09:24, 16 Feb 2024

• Multiple lights each side not working

  M5, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B71 3SU, United Kingdom. Closed 07:32, 11 Jan 2024, last updated 16:20, 19 Jan 2024

• Litter on slip road verges

  M5, Jarvis, Langley Village, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4RJ, United Kingdom. Closed 21:03, 17 Jan 2024, last updated 12:07, 18 Jan 2024

• Deep Pothole

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6RB, United Kingdom. Closed 18:19, 4 Jan 2024, last updated 11:55, 9 Jan 2024

• As you leave slip road M6 junction 7 southbound to join roundabout to go to Scott arms big pot hole

  Great Barr Interchange, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B43 6HE, United Kingdom. Closed 17:30, 8 Jan 2024, last updated 10:37, 9 Jan 2024

• Pothole

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6RB, United Kingdom. Closed 08:46, 28 Dec 2023, last updated 12:01, 3 Jan 2024

• M5 J1 to J2 surface water drains blocked with vegetation

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6TQ, United Kingdom. 08:23, 25 Sep 2023, last updated 21:31, 19 Dec 2023

• ALL drains on M5 between Jct 1 and Jct 2 blocked

  M5, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6RB, United Kingdom. Closed 23:30, 9 Dec 2023, last updated 18:18, 12 Dec 2023

• Tyre

  West Bromwich Interchange, Smethwick, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6RR, United Kingdom. Closed 18:51, 27 Nov 2023, last updated 14:44, 6 Dec 2023

• Traffic light on expressway to roundabout

  The Expressway, West Bromwich, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6RR, United Kingdom. Closed 07:14, 21 Nov 2023, last updated 11:49, 22 Nov 2023

• M5 between 2 and 1 northbound

  M5, Birchfield, Blakeley Hall, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B70 6BW, United Kingdom. Closed 17:27, 9 Nov 2023, last updated 14:56, 13 Nov 2023

• Water coming THROUGH bridge

  M5, Titford, Causeway Green, Sandwell, West Midlands Combined Authority, England, B69 4RJ, United Kingdom. Closed 20:53, 30 Oct 2023, last updated 14:52, 1 Nov 2023