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B12 road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 5,536 road traffic collisions in the B12 postcode district, Birmingham, from 1980 to 2025, and 7,285 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 40 were fatal and 870 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 104 collisions, up 4% on 2024 (100).

Collisions since 1980
5,536
415th highest of 2,813 postcode districts
Casualties
7,285
1.32 per collision
Fatal collisions
40
41 people killed
Serious collisions
870
968 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
104
Up 4% on 2024
Casualties in 2025
135
Down 4% on 2024

Road collision statistics for B12

Collisions by severity, 1980 to 2025

  • Fatal400.7%
  • Serious87016%
  • Slight4,62684%

What the data shows

  • B12 had 919 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 18% fewer than the 1,114 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in B12 were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 1,214 children under 16 were killed or injured in B12, 17% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 33% of collisions in B12.

Where B12 ranks among 2,813 postcode districts

Most collisions
415th
Most casualties
433rd
Most fatal collisions
1,503rd
Most serious collisions
592nd

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday815 (15%)
  • Tuesday770 (14%)
  • Wednesday763 (14%)
  • Thursday814 (15%)
  • Friday874 (16%)
  • Saturday828 (15%)
  • Sunday672 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight3,673 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit1,780 (32%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown55 (1%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit21 (0.4%)
  • Dark, no street lighting7 (0.1%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway4,162 (75%)
  • Dual carriageway882 (16%)
  • Roundabout439 (7.9%)
  • One way street or slip road47 (0.8%)
  • Not recorded6 (0.1%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph113 (2%)
  • 30 mph4,907 (89%)
  • 40 mph508 (9.2%)
  • 50 mph2 (under 0.1%)
  • 60 mph4 (0.1%)
  • 70 mph1 (under 0.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (under 0.1%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds4,202 (76%)
  • Raining, no high winds787 (14%)
  • Fine with high winds64 (1.2%)
  • Raining with high winds58 (1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds25 (0.5%)
  • Fog or mist20 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (under 0.1%)
  • Other236 (4.3%)
  • Not recorded143 (2.6%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant3,981 (55%)
  • Pedestrian1,936 (27%)
  • Cyclist457 (6.3%)
  • Motorcyclist378 (5.2%)
  • Bus or coach occupant201 (2.8%)
  • Van occupant130 (1.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant118 (1.6%)
  • Minibus occupant36 (0.5%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)18 (0.2%)
  • Other vehicle occupant13 (0.2%)
  • Other6 (0.1%)
  • Not recorded11 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

B12 road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in B12, 1980 to 2025

Collisions in B12 peaked at 171 in 1984; 2025 had 104.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025104135
2024100141
202371112
2022103143
202195115
202071100
201975101
201894134
201798122
2016108154
201587140
201492129
201394121
20126896
2011106156
2010109156
2009123162
2008127171
2007141184
2006167238
2005125174
2004129166
2003162226
2002135174
2001146182
2000152214
1999150209
1998129180
1997142186
1996131167
1995135165
1994120151
1993135174
1992126151
1991140188
1990164200
1989129151
1988132165
1987126153
198600
1985148183
1984171205
1983157190
1982131161
1981147185
1980141175

Map of recent crashes in B12

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in B12

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in B12

The 24 most recent collisions in B12 happened between 8 October and 31 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in B12

The A4540 has the most collisions in B12, 795 of 5,536 (14%), followed by the A435 (678).

Collisions in B12 on each road, 1980 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA45407951,12112112
2ndA4356788541104
3rdA415627507106
4thB4167254305143
5thB4217141200218
6thB4100105160013
7thB4146336104
8thB4126121204
9thA348802
10thA4571002

Council area for B12

B12 is in Birmingham, where police recorded 163,817 collisions from 1979 to 2025. B12 accounts for 3.4% of them.

Town in B12

All 5,536 collisions in B12 were in Birmingham.