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Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East, Birmingham, B12 8UH area: accident hotspot

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
395
1,800th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
560
1.42 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
13
Up 30% on 2024

Crash severity at the B12 8UH hotspot

54 of the 395 collisions here (14%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal20.5%
  • Serious5213%
  • Slight34186%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
61
Slightly injured
497
All casualties
560

Accidents by year at the B12 8UH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 29 in 2003, against an average of 16 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the B12 8UH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 13
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20251319
20241011
20231130
20221421
202166
2020812
2019911
2018811
20171214
20161521
20151525
20141518
20131825
20121219
20112325
2010810
20092642
20082541
20071517
20062643
20052124
20041623
20032941
20021822
20012229

Map of crashes at the B12 8UH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near B12 8UH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East, Birmingham, B12 8UH 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 B12 8UH 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
Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East
Council area
Birmingham
Nearest postcode to the centre
B12 8UH
Postcode district
B12
Centre (latitude, longitude)
52.46072, -1.8821
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
27 November 2025
Rank by collisions
1,800th of 12,033 hotspots

Roads at the B12 8UH hotspot

The busiest road at this hotspot is the A4540, with 82 of 395, followed by the A435 with 36.

Collisions at the B12 8UH hotspot on each road, 2001 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA454082138116
2ndA435365106
3rdA41293202
4thB4167212700
5thA341101
6thA40401100

Towns near the B12 8UH hotspot

All 395 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Birmingham.

All 395 crashes at the B12 8UH hotspot

Newest first, from 17 January 2001 to 27 November 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year