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Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 5RT area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
1,048
325th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
1,416
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
5
5 people killed
Collisions in 2025
44
Up 38% on 2024

Crash severity at the B5 5RT hotspot

131 of the 1,048 collisions here (13%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal50.5%
  • Serious12612%
  • Slight91788%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
5
Seriously injured
141
Slightly injured
1,270
All casualties
1,416

Accidents by year at the B5 5RT hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 64 in 2006, against an average of 42 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the B5 5RT hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20254455
20243249
20234961
20223240
20212939
20203751
20194961
20183955
20174255
20164961
20152941
20144050
20132737
20123249
20113038
20103244
20095480
20084461
20075671
20066492
20054152
20044459
20035571
20025889
20014055

Map of crashes at the B5 5RT hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near B5 5RT.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Bordesley & Highgate, Birmingham, B5 5RT area accident hotspot

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

  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the B5 5RT 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
Bordesley & Highgate
Council area
Birmingham
Nearest postcode to the centre
B5 5RT
Postcode district
B5
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.4799, -1.88254
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
1 December 2025
Rank by collisions
325th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the B5 5RT hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A4540, with 297 of 1,048, followed by the B4100 with 128.

Collisions at the B5 5RT hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4540297388226
2ndB4100128169022
3rdB411484121010
4thA41536813
5thA47506607
6thB4132394802
7thA4400172901

Towns near the B5 5RT hotspot

968 of the 1,048 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Birmingham.

All 1,048 crashes at the B5 5RT hotspot

Newest first, from 10 January 2001 to 1 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year