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Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B18 5BU area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 100 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Soho & Jewellery Quarter ward, Birmingham, from 2001 to 2025, with 133 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 23 were serious.

In 2025 there were 3 collisions here, up from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
100
7,940th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
133
1.33 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
3
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the B18 5BU hotspot

25 of the 100 collisions here (25%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal22%
  • Serious2323%
  • Slight7575%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
23
Slightly injured
108
All casualties
133

Accidents by year at the B18 5BU hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 9 in 2006, against an average of 4.0 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the B18 5BU hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 3
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202533
202422
202323
202257
202169
202011
201934
201822
201711
201645
2015612
201446
201356
201233
201100
201033
200944
2008710
200779
2006916
200556
200457
200344
200245
200155

Map of crashes at the B18 5BU hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near B18 5BU.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B18 5BU area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the B18 5BU 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
Soho & Jewellery Quarter
Council area
Birmingham
Nearest postcode to the centre
B18 5BU
Postcode district
B18
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.49393, -1.92932
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
13 November 2025
Rank by collisions
7,940th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the B18 5BU hotspot

All 100 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Birmingham.

Accident hotspots near B18 5BU

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Soho & Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, B21 9SU area, 1 km away, with 1,233 collisions.

All 100 crashes at the B18 5BU hotspot

Newest first, from 6 March 2001 to 13 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year