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Birmingham road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 163,817 road traffic collisions in Birmingham from 1979 to 2025, and 215,975 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2,012 were fatal and 27,906 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 2,307 collisions, level with 2024 (2,296), and casualties fell from 3,055 to 2,985.

Collisions, 1979 to 2025
163,817
Highest of 351 areas
Casualties
215,975
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
2,012
1.2% of collisions
Collisions in 2025
2,307
Level with 2024

Crash severity in Birmingham

1.2% of collisions in Birmingham from 1979 to 2025 were fatal and 17% serious, against 1.6% and 18% across Great Britain.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal2,0121.2%
  • Serious27,90617%
  • Slight133,89982%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal2,1061%
  • Serious31,68415%
  • Slight182,18584%

Birmingham road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Birmingham, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 4,597 in 1980. In 2025 there were 2,307, level with 2024.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2,307
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252,3072,985
20242,2963,055
20232,1993,004
20222,3833,187
20212,1372,831
20201,8022,417
20192,6233,551
20182,6143,539
20172,7243,664
20162,7873,761
20152,9704,159
20142,6283,584
20132,4453,315
20122,2163,071
20112,5083,497
20102,8764,092
20093,2894,519
20083,5064,832
20073,8205,231
20063,8095,209
20054,0845,481
20044,0325,398
20034,3225,657
20024,5696,027
20014,5496,067
20004,5056,107
19994,1555,656
19983,8885,199
19974,0595,449
19963,8085,038
19953,7274,938
19943,9375,154
19933,7565,002
19923,8354,967
19913,8785,018
19904,0465,184
19893,9335,006
19883,6144,584
19873,5644,471
19863,9525,035
19853,8754,820
19844,3625,390
19834,0284,979
19824,2995,337
19814,3005,445
19804,5975,758
19794,2045,305

When and where crashes happen in Birmingham

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday23,171 (14%)
  • Tuesday23,413 (14%)
  • Wednesday23,737 (14%)
  • Thursday24,371 (15%)
  • Friday27,496 (17%)
  • Saturday23,438 (14%)
  • Sunday18,191 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:596,962 (4.2%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593,090 (1.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5917,429 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5920,273 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5928,582 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5941,212 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5928,201 (17%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5918,068 (11%)

Collisions by month

  • January12,987 (7.9%)
  • February12,240 (7.5%)
  • March13,076 (8%)
  • April12,750 (7.8%)
  • May13,971 (8.5%)
  • June13,188 (8.1%)
  • July13,671 (8.3%)
  • August12,965 (7.9%)
  • September13,997 (8.5%)
  • October15,338 (9.4%)
  • November15,408 (9.4%)
  • December14,226 (8.7%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight113,167 (69%)
  • Dark, street lights lit48,606 (30%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1,086 (0.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit497 (0.3%)
  • Dark, no street lighting456 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded5 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds120,170 (73%)
  • Raining, no high winds23,535 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds1,829 (1.1%)
  • Raining with high winds1,584 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds957 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist744 (0.5%)
  • Snowing with high winds118 (0.1%)
  • Other11,035 (6.7%)
  • Not recorded3,845 (2.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry107,412 (66%)
  • Wet or damp52,700 (32%)
  • Frost or ice2,381 (1.5%)
  • Snow1,046 (0.6%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep93 (0.1%)
  • Oil or diesel25 (under 0.1%)
  • Mud3 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded157 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph66 (under 0.1%)
  • 15 mph11 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph1,441 (0.9%)
  • 30 mph140,071 (86%)
  • 40 mph18,791 (11%)
  • 50 mph806 (0.5%)
  • 60 mph423 (0.3%)
  • 70 mph2,200 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded8 (under 0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway112,413 (69%)
  • Dual carriageway35,440 (22%)
  • Roundabout9,631 (5.9%)
  • One way street or slip road4,417 (2.7%)
  • Not recorded1,916 (1.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who is hurt in road crashes in Birmingham

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant120,403 (56%)
  • Pedestrian50,846 (24%)
  • Motorcyclist15,286 (7.1%)
  • Cyclist13,201 (6.1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant6,502 (3%)
  • Van occupant4,564 (2.1%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant2,657 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)872 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant634 (0.3%)
  • Minibus occupant623 (0.3%)
  • Other198 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded189 (0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 57,053 (3.3%)
  • 6 to 1012,467 (5.8%)
  • 11 to 1515,127 (7%)
  • 16 to 2030,494 (14%)
  • 21 to 2530,506 (14%)
  • 26 to 3543,762 (20%)
  • 36 to 4528,591 (13%)
  • 46 to 5519,120 (8.9%)
  • 56 to 6512,183 (5.6%)
  • 66 to 757,200 (3.3%)
  • Over 755,033 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded4,439 (2.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider107,717 (50%)
  • Passenger57,412 (27%)
  • Pedestrian50,846 (24%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car222,025 (77%)
  • Motorcycle16,027 (5.6%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes14,280 (5%)
  • Pedal cycle13,384 (4.6%)
  • Bus or coach8,401 (2.9%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes5,828 (2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car4,075 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle2,166 (0.8%)
  • Minibus904 (0.3%)
  • Goods vehicle, weight unknown379 (0.1%)
  • Other313 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded457 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Map of recent crashes and hotspots in Birmingham

Map of the 24 most recent crashes and the 10 busiest accident hotspots in Birmingham

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Accident hotspots (10)

How Birmingham ranks among 351 areas

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Birmingham had the most road collisions from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions
1st
highest of 351 areas
Casualties
1st
highest of 351 areas
Fatal collisions
2nd
highest of 351 areas
Serious collisions
2nd
highest of 351 areas
Areas ranked by collisions, 1979 to 2025
RankAreaCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stBirmingham (this area)163,817215,9752,01227,906
2ndLeeds117,596160,2051,92420,015
3rdWestminster101,118114,79460415,288
4thNorth Yorkshire100,304148,2732,78030,161
5thGlasgow City95,217118,7181,38221,113
6thManchester93,482123,4841,07611,554
7thLiverpool90,801127,1521,04512,259

Accident hotspots in Birmingham

Ladywood, Birmingham, B2 4DH area is the busiest accident hotspot in Birmingham, with 2,554 collisions from 2001 to 2025, 12 of them fatal.

Roads in Birmingham with the most crashes

The A4040 had the most collisions in Birmingham from 1979 to 2025: 10,694, including 122 fatal and 1,786 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Birmingham, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA404010,69414,1451221,786
2ndA387,63310,2601561,384
3rdA417,3069,645971,176
4thA345,2007,092111980
5thA45404,2695,90447610
6thA454,0655,55691604
7thA4413,6334,76659684
8thA51273,5594,64547609
9thA4563,2354,43648575
10thA4353,1734,01745552
11thB41282,6393,65639441
12thA4522,2372,97335368
13thM62,1793,44929313
14thA472,1252,94939396
15thA4531,9162,66233353
16thB42171,6042,21718247
17thA44001,5302,04115219
18thA4571,5091,98915221
19thB41241,4551,99313251
20thB41451,3991,93615199

Towns in Birmingham

Birmingham itself had the most collisions of any town in the area from 1979 to 2025: 140,396.

Postcode districts in Birmingham

B31 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Birmingham from 1979 to 2025: 6,555.

Latest crashes in Birmingham

Of the latest 24 crashes in Birmingham, none were fatal and 4 were serious. The most recent was on 31 December 2025.

Severity