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Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 1RZ area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,105
289th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,524
1.38 per collision
Fatal collisions
8
8 people killed
Collisions in 2025
28
Down 13% on 2024

Crash severity at the B8 1RZ hotspot

155 of the 1,105 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal80.7%
  • Serious14713%
  • Slight95086%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
8
Seriously injured
157
Slightly injured
1,359
All casualties
1,524

Accidents by year at the B8 1RZ hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 76 in 2003, against an average of 44 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the B8 1RZ hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 28
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20252840
20243240
20233451
20223144
20212637
20203139
20195063
20184464
20174247
20163345
20153756
20144161
20133349
20123241
20114362
20104752
20094263
20085076
20074662
200675104
20056694
20046186
20037694
20025070
20015584

Map of crashes at the B8 1RZ hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near B8 1RZ.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 1RZ area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the B8 1RZ hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Alum Rock
Council area
Birmingham
Nearest postcode to the centre
B8 1RZ
Postcode district
B8
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.49098, -1.85125
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
28 December 2025
Rank by collisions
289th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the B8 1RZ hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the B4114, with 156 of 1,105, followed by the B4516 with 89.

Collisions at the B8 1RZ hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stB4114156231315
2ndB451689122011
3rdA475477010
4thB414591303
5thB41562500
6thA1191200
7thB41351100
8thM61100

Towns near the B8 1RZ hotspot

All 1,105 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Birmingham.

All 1,105 crashes at the B8 1RZ hotspot

Newest first, from 3 January 2001 to 28 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year