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B1 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 2,365 road traffic collisions in the B1 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 3,016 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 15 were fatal and 365 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 36 collisions, up 20% on 2024 (30).

Collisions since 1980
2,365
1,582nd of 2,813 postcode districts, highest first
Casualties
3,016
1.28 per collision
Fatal collisions
15
15 people killed
Serious collisions
365
411 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
36
Up 20% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
39
Up 5% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B1

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal150.6%
  • Serious36515%
  • Slight1,98584%

What the data shows

  • B1 had 371 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 20% fewer than the 463 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in B1 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 170 children under 16 were killed or injured in B1, 5.8% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in B1.

Where B1 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
1,582nd
Most casualties
1,654th
Most fatal collisions
2,285th
Most serious collisions
1,857th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday308 (13%)
  • Tuesday309 (13%)
  • Wednesday329 (14%)
  • Thursday326 (14%)
  • Friday441 (19%)
  • Saturday367 (16%)
  • Sunday285 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight1,365 (58%)
  • Dark, street lights lit960 (41%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown27 (1.1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit9 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting4 (0.2%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway1,066 (45%)
  • Dual carriageway722 (31%)
  • Roundabout384 (16%)
  • One way street or slip road187 (7.9%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 10 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 20 mph31 (1.3%)
  • 30 mph1,959 (83%)
  • 40 mph372 (16%)
  • 50 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds1,698 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds357 (15%)
  • Fine with high winds33 (1.4%)
  • Raining with high winds24 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist10 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.1%)
  • Other129 (5.5%)
  • Not recorded99 (4.2%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant1,502 (50%)
  • Pedestrian782 (26%)
  • Motorcyclist208 (6.9%)
  • Cyclist186 (6.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant157 (5.2%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant97 (3.2%)
  • Van occupant58 (1.9%)
  • Minibus occupant7 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant7 (0.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.2%)
  • Other3 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B1 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B1, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B1 peaked at 82 in 1981; 2025 had 36.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 36
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
20253639
20243037
20232430
20223647
20213741
20202526
20193945
20184967
20175159
20164450
20154960
20143343
20133961
20123342
20114348
20104554
20096687
20085569
20075163
20064957
20056587
20046896
20037790
20025677
20017398
200073107
19996599
19985981
19975367
19965573
19955578
19947287
19935370
19924658
19917093
19905667
19895564
19884256
19873748
198600
19856785
19846178
19835563
19826273
198182102
19807494

Map of recent crashes in B1

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B1

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B1

The 24 most recent collisions in B1 happened between 14 June and 20 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B1

The A4400 has the most collisions in B1, 342 of 2,365 (14%), followed by the A456 (324).

Collisions in B1 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4400342450352
2ndA456324414164
3rdA457303381238
4thB4127267344251
5thA38205294326
6thA4540160196141
7thA6512637607
8thB41354160010
9thA34111201

Council area for B1

B1 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B1 accounts for 1.4% of them.

Town in B1

All 2,365 collisions in B1 were in Birmingham.