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Oscott, Birmingham, B42 2QG area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
357
2,056th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
507
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Collisions in 2025
11
6 in 2024

Crash severity at the B42 2QG hotspot

40 of the 357 collisions here (11%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal41.1%
  • Serious3610%
  • Slight31789%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
4
Seriously injured
43
Slightly injured
460
All casualties
507

Accidents by year at the B42 2QG hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 29 in 2004, against an average of 14 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the B42 2QG hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 11
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251113
202469
20231221
2022913
2021810
2020713
2019910
2018812
20171719
20161014
2015913
20142029
20131012
201278
20111216
20101117
20092235
20082034
20071827
20061423
20052328
20042940
20032331
20021829
20012431

Map of crashes at the B42 2QG hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near B42 2QG.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Oscott, Birmingham, B42 2QG area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the B42 2QG 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
Oscott
Council area
Birmingham
Nearest postcode to the centre
B42 2QG
Postcode district
B42
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.54069, -1.90648
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
26 November 2025
Rank by collisions
2,056th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the B42 2QG hotspot

96 of the 357 collisions at this hotspot were on the M6.

Collisions at the B42 2QG hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stM69617238

Towns near the B42 2QG hotspot

289 of the 357 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Birmingham.

All 357 crashes at the B42 2QG hotspot

Newest first, from 17 January 2001 to 26 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year