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Meriden & Arden, Solihull, B40 1PS area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
288
2,757th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
448
1.56 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
7
6 in 2024

Crash severity at the B40 1PS hotspot

29 of the 288 collisions here (10%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious2910%
  • Slight25990%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
33
Slightly injured
415
All casualties
448

Accidents by year at the B40 1PS hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 22 in 2007, against an average of 12 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the B40 1PS hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025710
202467
2023714
20221121
202179
202035
201969
201844
2017812
2016911
20151220
20141321
201378
20121119
20111325
20101418
20091726
20081323
20072235
20061527
20052028
20041323
20031419
20021825
20011829

Map of crashes at the B40 1PS hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near B40 1PS.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Meriden & Arden, Solihull, B40 1PS 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 B40 1PS 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
Meriden & Arden
Council area
Solihull
Nearest postcode to the centre
B40 1PS
Postcode district
B40
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.44554, -1.71499
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
12 December 2025
Rank by collisions
2,757th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the B40 1PS hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A45, with 110 of 288, followed by the M42 with 92.

Collisions at the B40 1PS hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA45110144011
2ndM4292165011
3rdB4438304104
4thA4521100

Towns near the B40 1PS hotspot

84 of the 288 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Birmingham.

All 288 crashes at the B40 1PS hotspot

Newest first, from 4 January 2001 to 12 December 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year